CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

The Allahabad Museum, located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh is one of the largest and leading museums of Indian Art in North India. It was initially set up in 1931 as a Municipal Museum; antiquities from Allahabad District were housed here. The collection further grew with gifts and purchase of a variety of objects including archaeological materials, stone, bronze, wood and metal sculptures, paintings, terracotta, coins, decorative arts and textile. Moreover, collections on national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal, and eminent literary figures such as Sumitranandan Pant were also received as gift or acquired to make the collections rich and varied. Due to the wide spectrum and significance of its collections the Allahabad Museum was taken under auspices of the Government of India and declared a Central Government Museum. 

Digitization of this collection has been possible with financial support from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. 

Alleppey, Baroque Architecture, Kerala

Alwar Museum, Rajasthan

Amar Singh Gate, Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Amaravati, Site Museum

The Amaresvara temple at Kuhur was earlier known as Adityesvara and was rebuilt in stone in or before the second year of Uttama Chola (973 CE). While on the whole, this is an example of a rather ordinary temple; a special feature is that all the divinity niches or devakosthas were crowned by ornamental or arched gateways - toranas. References: M.W. Meister and M.A. Dhaky, 1963, p.181.