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Tamil Nadu's New Archaeological Site Museums: Keeladi, Porunai, Naavai, Noyyal and Grand Chola

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Tamil Nadu is building a network of heritage museums. Keeladi's open-air site museum at Kondagai (Sivagangai) displays a Sangam-age urban settlement dated from the 6th century BCE. The Porunai Museum at Reddiarpatti, Tirunelveli, shows finds from Sivagalai, Korkai and Adichanallur. A Grand Chola Museum at Tamil University, Thanjavur, will feature a 125-foot statue of Raja Raja Chola I. Planned museums include Naavai at Mandapam (Alagankulam finds, with a three-masted ship graffito), Noyyal at Perundurai (Kodumanal beads and Tamil-Brahmi sherds), Gangaikonda Cholapuram, Mamallapuram, Dharmapuri (hero stones) and Courtallam.