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| Kelkar Museum |
 The Kelkar Museum is located in Pune, India and named after its founder, Raja Kelkar. The three story building houses various sculptures dating back to the 14th century. There are also ornaments made of ivory, silver and gold, musical instruments, war weapons and vessels, etc.
The museum's collection depicts the superb skills of the Indian artists of the time. The door frames, vessels, ornaments, musical instruments, paintings and carvings represent outstanding examples of their art.
One interesting part of the museum is the "Mastani Mahal". Raja Kelkar made a marvellous attempt at depicting the palace of Queen Mastani (wife of King Bajirao Peshwa) with its remnants. The most beautiful piece among in the collection is the carving of lord Ganesha on the seed. The idol of lord Ganesha is shown with his trunk towards the left, which is quite rare and difficult to build or draw.
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| Tribal Museum |
 Address: 28, Queen's Garden, near Yerawada Bridge, Pune. Tel: 26362071.
Established: 3 rd May 1962.
Entry: 10.30-5.30 on all days except Govt. holidays and Sundays.
Entry fee: Rs. 3/-
Maharashtra has several tribes like the Bhil, Gond, Korku, Katkari, Kolam, Warli, Thakur, Mahadev Koli etc. The museum displays more than 2000 valuable articles which reflect their ethnic and cultural beliefs and practices. The collection is divided in 2 sections |
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| Mahatma Phule Museum |
 Jotiba Phule was a social reformer of the nineteenth century. The Wada where he resided was declared as a State protected memorial in 1972. On 10 th December 1991, it was declared as a National Memorial at the hands of Dr. Shankardayal Sharma. The Wada contains four halls. The first hall contains the photograph of Mahatma Phule, his brief life history and an inscription of the contents of his will.
The next three hall contain colored pictures created by Vasant Athavale of Nagpur, on the significant events of Phule's life. His education, marriage, his handwriting, photographs of the books he authored, and his own picture have been displayed. Jotiba Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj and was felicitated by Major Candy. Through pictures of various such events, we are apprised of the social conditions prevailing in the nineteenth century.
There is a well in the courtyard outside the house. He opened it up for the untouchables of that time. We can see this well here. His ashes have been preserved by his wife Savitribai Phule in the space outside the house. His statue has been erected in this area.
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