23 Apr Significance of Art Museum Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya : An Analysis in special reference to promoting Art , Democracy and glorified history
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Context : Our honorable prime minister Shri narendra Modi Inaugurated the Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya on the grounds of Teen Murti House in New Delhi on April 14. This new museum would be helpful for youth regarding the values and the expansion of constitutional government since Independence.
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Introduction
On the ground of Teen Murti Bhavan , a Pradhan Mantri Sangrahalaya has been constructed . The objective of this Art museum is not only exposing the art and architecture but also to make our youth aware with our dignified culture and values of the constitution and the freedom struggle . definitely this would be helpful to unify us psychological and emotionally .
This new museum on Raisina Hill will open by 2026 and through this new museum different aspects of India or Bharat that always existed in a cultural and spiritual sense would be demonstrated . The values prompting our nationhood would also be displayed in this museum. However there has been another museum for long time at Janpath which would be dismantled and most of its collections shifted to a storage facility. The specific feature of this museum would be that this museum would not be haunted by the specters of a colonial past and is able to meet a basic obligation and this would promote the democratic values among the people of India
Art and Architecture of this museum : The Hindu Analysis
- Just like the Louvre Museum in Paris , the architecture of this museum would be a mixture of Indian architecture and modern architecture . Just like the museum of Paris , the values of the freedom struggle would be painted and shown to the public . This museum would inspire a new national consciousness by using its palatial halls to showcase the aesthetic, social, and scientific achievements of the Indian people. This model of the architecture of the museum has been followed by many developing countries . After decolonization, museums along western lines were built in newly independent countries to bolster their national narratives.
- Therefore , here , the museum of Raisina hill would also be on the same line of the Parisian museum . The primary purpose of the museum would be to encourage patriotism and showcase triumphalism . This museum should acknowledge the diversity of the culture in India . We are a very rich nation in our cultural diversity. However there are some culture conflicts which have been seen in recent days but the objective of this museum is to create the sense of unity in such diversified culture . Democracy is the key element of nationalism . Therefore democracy should be promoted in this museum. But It should be very well understood that democracy should not be converted into a mere numbers game and only for the majority. The Hindu Analysis
- The new museum may aspire toward these goals to display the entire collection of the National Museum. If it is not possible at least irreplaceable antiquities which are not subjected to excess heat, cold drafts, humidity, and harsh light should be displayed here. However this would be a challenging task. It should be executed very carefully. it can allow the institution to begin dismantling hierarchies that have privileged certain objects as masterpieces and relegated others as lesser works and copies.
- In this way This new museum would show accountability and transparency also . The meaning of any artifacts is fixed . their meaning , change time to time . Therefore, the maximum artifacts of the national museum should be protected and try to be reinstalled here in the new museum . Some public buildings should also be there in the new museum to show that the public could feel their attachment with this building . Auditoria, courtyards, concert halls, and cafes can foster quietude and spark conversation. Today Current Affairs
- Through the coordination with other institutes of India and abroad , the museum would be helpful for the visitor’s regarding the information of Indian and world history.
There would be six galleries describing about the various dimensions of the Indian culture : The Hindu Analysis
- One gallery would be related to ancient Indian culture and It would make us aware of our international relation in ancient India .
- Second gallery would be demonstrating the glorified political culture of India . In this Achaemenid Persepolis and Mauryan Pataliputra can be placed.
- The third gallery would be related to the great coinage of India . With the help of the numismatists of the India , the coins of the Kushana period to Gupta period , would be displayed here
- Fourth gallery would interpret the commercial relationship of the Gujrat and the Africa. The Hindu Analysis
- Fifth and sixth galleries would be explaining the glorified ancient art. In the gift gallery microarchitectural ensembles and leather puppets to reconstruct flows across the Bay of Bengal, and along pathways extending in an arc from the Deccan to the Arakan.
- While in the sixth gallery miniature paintings would be displayed of the period of Mughal, Safavid and Ottoman Empires. And so on. In future there is the possibilities of the construction of the Laboratory
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Conclusion
India has been very rich in our art and architecture in the world . We are the country of the most diversified culture where each culture is one of the oldest cultures of the world . one and fundamental characteristic of Indian culture is its pacific nature, non violence . The museum would be definitely helpful regarding carving of our ancient dignified culture as well as it would be helpful to demonstrate the value of the freedom struggle . definitely the democratic value system would also be promoted through the new museum of India
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