"Art . . . is not relegated to the art gallery, it is not relegated to a particular place, it is a part of your life itself, part of your home. Your home is the centre of beauty, the centre of culture, and the centre of art as well. There is no difference between all these..."
- RUKMINI DEVI

In the course of her life, which coincided with the cultural and artistic awakening of India, Rukmini Devi gathered a peroneal collection of sculptures, textiles, paintings and objects in brass. Among her treasures were objects of everyday art, which had been part of her own daily life. She wanted to make her collection available to the students of Kalakshetra and to the public in a museum located within the Kalakshetra campus, because as she said, "Neither lectures nor advice helps as much as continuous familiarity with the beautiful..."

The Rukmini Devi Museum houses rare bronze icons, objects in brass, glassware and ceramics, wooden sculpture, paintings and textiles. Many of these were given as gifts to Rukmini Devi by friends and admirers from all over the world.                          MORE >