Manjusha Museum

Manjusha Museum, Dharmasthala

Manjusha Museum
Established	1989 (1989)
Type	Private museum
Collection size	8000 artifacts
Founder	Veerendra Heggade
Curator	Ritesh Sharma

Manjusha Museum is in the town of Dharmasthala in Karnataka state, India. It houses antiques, paintings, artifacts, temple chariots, and vintage cars collected from temples across Karnataka. The museum is south of the Dharmasthala Temple.

Collection

The museum has terracotta coins from the Mauryan period around the 1st century BC, an book of the accounts of the Manjunatha Swamy temple and a veena played by the musician Veene Sheshanna. It also has Indian stone and metal sculpture, paintings, jewelry, objects of worship and utilitarian objects created by the craftsmen of the coastal area, and a collection of 6000 palm leaf manuscripts.

References

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/manjusha-museum-achieves-record-for-largest-collection-of-antiques-in-india/articleshow/115668522.cms#:~:text=Mangaluru%3A%20The%20Manjusha%20museum%2C%20created,Man%20Diverse%20Collection%20of%20Antiques.

https://indiabookofrecords.in/largest-single-man-diverse-collection-of-antiques/ https://indiabookofrecords.in/collection-of-antiques-curated-singlehandedly/

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/karnataka/karnataka-manjusha-museum-recognized-for-largest-single-man-antique-collection-1841426

https://www.udayavani.com/english-news/dr-d-veerendra-heggade-sets-record-for-largest-single-man-collection-of-antiques

https://www.mangaloretoday.com/mainnewsprint/Dr-Veerendra-Heggade-earns-place-in-India-Book-of-Records-for-antiques-collection.html