In 1875, the
first of Chhattisgarh and one of the first ten museums of the country started
with the donation of Mahant Ghasidas of Rajnandgaon. The Raipur Museum was initially
run by the Municipality and the District Council. This museum was first
established in the octagonal building east of the present ministry premises.
After 1945 special efforts were
made to preserve and develop this museum. Adopting the tradition of its
ancestors, Rani Jyoti Devi of Rajnandgaon and her son Raja Digvijay Das paid
Rs 1 lakh to build a new museum building. As a result, after the creation of
the present museum building (Ajayb Bangla) in front of the Collectorate, on 21
March 1953, the first President of the Republic of India, Dr. The museum
building was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Mahant Ghasidas Memorial
Museum, Raipur is famous not only for Chhattisgarh but also for its antiquity
and antiquity throughout the country. In this multi-faceted museum, there are
various types of materials related to tribal culture, spiced animal-birds and
craft works of modern period, besides prehistoric stone tools, ancient statues,
records, copper plates and coins received from Chhattisgarh and other areas.
A geo-climatic craftsmanship has
been developed for the workshop, training and display in the premises. After
the formation of the state, the museum complex is highly developed by the form
of a culture building. Entry gallery, Sirpur gallery and inscription gallery is
installed in the base of the museum. In the first floor there is a nature
gallery, arms gallery, painting gallery and tribal culture gallery in the
second floor.
The museum houses various statues
of stone statues, metal statues, copper sheets, records, coins and modern
periods. Among the rare antiquities, the recorded wooden pillar of second
century BC, from Kirari and Manjushree of Sirpur and other bronze statues are
notable. Among other residues, the important names of Nalvanshi and Sharbhupri
rulers have been marked by coins, coins of various damaged mudras and copper
carts of the Kalchuriyen kings and records, Sirpur and Sisdeori.