Ganesh Museum, Motha, Maharashtra
Ganesh Museum is a museum situated in Motha Village near Chikhaldara Hill Station in Chikhaldara Taluk in Amravati District in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This museum is also known as Nand Udyan Ganapati Sangrahalaya. It is situated on the Chikhaldara to Paratwada route.
The Museum
This museum is considered to be the first museum in the world dedicated to Lord Ganesha. This museum spread across three acres. It houses more than 3000 idols of Lord Ganesha in different postures, shapes, and sizes. These idols are made of different materials like clay, stone, glass, buttons, chalk, matchstick, candles, fibre and even leaves and also sourced from different places. Some of the interesting idols found in the museum are Ganesha playing football, riding a bicycle and on a laptop. The museum has an entry fee of ₹50.
Connectivity
The museum is located at about 8 Kms
from Chikhaldara Bus Stand. Chikhaldara is located at about 27 Kms from Semadoh,
34 Kms from Paratwada Bus Stand, 36 Kms from Paratwada, 49 Kms from Harisal, 58
Kms from Kolkas, 83 Kms from Amravati, 85 Kms from Amravati Railway Station, 95
Kms from Shahanur and 224 Kms from Nagpur Airport. Chikhaldara is situated at
about 36 Kms to the north-west of Paratwada. Chikhaldara is well connected to
the cities of Paratwada, Amravati, Akola, Betul, Khandwa and Burhanpur by
road. MSRTC plies buses from Nagpur to Chikhaldara
via Amravati-Paratwada.
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