Chennai Victoria Memorial

Chennai Victoria Memorial Hall is located on Pantheon Road at Egmore. In the year 1906, the foundation stone of Victoria Memorial Hall at Chennai was laid and it was opened in the year 1909. The housing of the National Art Gallery at Victoria memorial Hall was done by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Indian Prime Minister. The tourists of Chennai can get to see the architectural splendor of the building of the memorial that has been built in the Mughal style.

History of Chennai Victoria Memorial

The foundation stone of Chennai Victoria Memorial was laid by His Royal Highness George Frederick and Ernest Albert Prince of Wales on January 24th in the year 1906. On 23rd March 1909, a stone was laid to commemorate the opening of Victoria Memorial by H.E. the Hon. Sir. Arthur Lawley, the governor of Fort St George. The building of Chennai Victoria Memorial was built in typical Mughal style and is faced with pink sandstone. Chennai Victoria Memorial is located at Pantheon Road of the city. Victoria Memorial Hall in Chennai is one of the best pieces of architecture present in the city.

About Victoria Memorial Hall

The Victoria Memorial Hall at Chennai houses a museum complex, which has the National Art Gallery. Victoria Memorial Hall of Chennai is popular among all the people for its historical value and is one of the heritage buildings of the city. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had dedicated Victoria Memorial in Chennai as the National Art Gallery in the year 1951 and a grand

Centenary Exhibition was also organized to add a special effect to the occasion. The architect of Chennai Victoria Memorial Hall was Mr. Erskine Irwin.

The gateways of the Victoria Memorial hall at Chennai resemble Akbar's palace of Fatehpur Sikri. The floor of the building hall is made of marble and the ceiling is festooned with relief ornaments. The compound of the museum, which is in the Victoria Memorial Hall, is decorated with canons that were captured by the British army. In the back side of the museum complex there is a park where horse coaches of 18th centuries are kept.

National Art Gallery

The National Art Gallery houses collection of bronze images that date back to the period of about 10th to 13th centuries, handicrafts and paintings of 11th and 12th centuries and Deccan paintings that belong to the time of 16th to 18th centuries.

Some of the sections of the National Art Gallery at the Victoria Memorial Hall in Chennai are: