Urusvati Himalayan Folk & Art Museum
Shubham MansingkaShubham Mansingka|Guest Contributor|THINGS TO DO, NAGGAR Updated : Jun 16, 2017, 04.51 PM IST
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It was founded by Nicolas Roerich’s wife in 1928. The displays feature a collection of local folk art, costumes, paintings by Roerich’s Russian followers, family photographs of Roerich family, a gallery of Russian folk art and numerous other art treasures. The whole setting of this place feels divine, as the institute is quite beautifully set up amidst lush greenery and colourful wildflowers.
Artifacts also include fossil stones, sculptures, weapons, utensils etc as well as life-size statues of tribal couples. There is a series of carved stone slabs lying in neat rows with fantastic carvings right outside the museum building. A signboard close to them suggests that these are memorial stones of the Kullu kings and queens. They were found in Naggar and the Roerich family restored them here.
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