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Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum

The Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum is in Pune, Maharashtra,
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum
India.[1] It contains the collection of Dr. Dinkar G. Kelkar
(1896–1990), dedicated to the memory of his only son, Raja.[2]
The three-storey building houses various sculptures dating back
to the 14th century. There are also ornaments made of ivory,
silver and gold, musical instruments (a particularly fine
collection),[3] war weapons and vessels.[2]

Contents
History
Established 1920
Collection
Location Pune, Maharashtra,
Gallery India
Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum Wing Collection 15000 objects
See also size
References Website rajakelkarmuseum.com
External links

History
The collection was started around 1920 and by 1960 it contained
around 15,000 objects. The museum was established in 1962, and
Dr. Kelkar donated his collection to the Government of
Maharashtra in 1975.[4] Lamps gallery at the museum

The museum now holds over 20,000 objects of which 2,500 are
kept on display. These consist of mainly Indian decorative items
from everyday life and other art objects, mostly from the 18th and
19th centuries. The museum's collection depicts the skills of the
Indian artists of the time, including the prominent works of Pandit
Abhijeet Joshi.[5][2]

Collection
Door frames
Chess set in the museum
Vessels
Ornaments
Musical instruments
Different paintings and carvings represent outstanding examples of their art
Gallery
Items on display in the museum include the following.

Arms & Armours Betel nut crackers Mastani Peshwa Lord Krishna and
maids helping
Sudama with his
bath

String puppets of Shadow puppets of Pawns of Medieval Wooden Sclepture

Odisha Karnataka Chess Board of Shiv Tandav

Wooden sculpture in
18 th century

Chandrashekhar Agashe Museum Wing

This wing includes a collection of ancient Indian musical instruments belonging to the late industrialist
Chandrashekhar Agashe donated by his sons, Panditrao Agashe and Dnyaneshwar Agashe.[6] Taking his
namesake, honoring the kinship of Chandrashekhar Agashe's widow and the founder of the museum, Dr.
Dinkar G. Kelkar, with them being fourth cousins.[7][8]
See also
List of museums in India

References
1. A focus on Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum (https://books.google.com/books?id=PEogAAAAIA
AJ). Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum. 2007.
2. "Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum" (http://www.punediary.com/html/kelkar.html). punediary.com.
Retrieved 27 November 2012.
3. "Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum" (https://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/treasures/museum/raj
a-dinkar-kelkar-museum). Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation - Government of
Maharashtra. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
4. "Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum Pune Timings, Entry Ticket Fee, Opening & Closing Time,
Holidays & Phone Number - Pune Tourism 2020" (https://punetourism.co.in/raja-dinkar-kelka
r-museum-pune-timings-entry-ticket-fee-holidays). punetourism.co.in. Retrieved
11 November 2020.
5. Farrelly, Liz; Weddell, Joanna (Editors); Rajguru, Megha; Ashmore, Nicola (Authors) (28
January 2016). Design Objects and the Museum, Chapter 7, Indian living cultures: collected
, exhibited, performed (https://books.google.com/books?id=QYnpCgAAQBAJ&q=+Kelkar+M
useum+&pg=PA73). London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 77–81. ISBN 978-
1472577221. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
6. "Chandrashekhar Agashe museum- Section of Raja Dinkar Kelkar museum" (https://web.arc
hive.org/web/20170102082335/http://www.tourism-places.com/chandrashekhar-agashe-mu
seum). Tourism Places. 2014. Archived from the original (http://www.tourism-places.com/cha
ndrashekhar-agashe-museum) on 2 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017. "This whole
collection was donated by his son Dnyaneshwar Agashe."
7. Kelkar, Bhaskar (1993). Kelkar Kulavruttant (http://www.kelkar.net/Home/kelkarkulvruttant)
[The Kelkar Family Genealogy (Kulavruttanta)] (2nd ed.). Pune. pp. 82–83.
8. Barve, Vartak & Belvalkar 2002, p. 3,4.

External links
Official website (https://rajakelkarmuseum.org/)

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