Tamil Nadu CM Stalin inaugurates ‘Keeladi museum’ in Sivaganga

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Category : State Published on: March 07 2023

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has inaugurated a museum in Sivaganga district that will showcase the archaeological findings at the Keeladi site in the district.
The museum has been established over 31,000 sq.ft. at an estimated Rs 18.43 crore.
The museum, built in the Chettinad style of the region, contains artefacts that have been recovered during the eight rounds of excavation in Keezhadi and its surrounding villages.
The excavations at Keezhadi have pushed back the date of the Sangam era and urbanization in Tamil Nadu to the sixth century BCE.
Earlier, it was believed to have occurred in the second to third century BCE.

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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin inaugurates ‘Keeladi museum’ in Sivaganga