DakshinaChitra is an exciting cross cultural living museum of art, architecture, lifestyles, crafts and performing arts of South India. The main mission is to exhibit, promote and preserve aspects of the broader, more inclusive cultures of the states and to bring these arts to the public in a participative, enjoyable and engaging way. DakshinaChitra Heritage Museum , a project of Madras Craft Foundation an NGO was opened to the public on December 14th 1996. 

The Museum is located overlooking the Bay of Bengal, at Muttukadu, twenty five kilometers south of Central Chennai, on the East Coast Road to Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, India. DakshinaChitra has a collection of 18 authentic historical houses with contextual exhibitions in each house. All the houses bought and reconstructed at DakshinaChitra had been given for demolition by their owners. The authentic homes in a regional vernacular style are purchased, taken down, transported and reconstructed by artisans ( Stapathis) of the regions from where the houses came.

Languages
English

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Please make sure you answer all the mandatory questions during the booking process. Passport or ID are required 
Children must be accompanied by an adult.  


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Starting point: ADDRESS - location.Description, Chennai (Madras), India - (Longitude: 0.000000, Latitude: 0.000000)
Ending point: Same - Same as Starting Point

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Important Info: 
Please make sure you answer all the mandatory questions during the booking process. Passport or ID are required 
Children must be accompanied by an adult.