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more-inWork to establish a museum at Keezhadi, near Madurai, will start soon, Minister for Tamil Official Language and Tamil Culture K.
Pandiarajan has said. The Minister also said that the government would also establish museums to house artefacts in Arachalur, Erode, Korkai and Thoothukudi. The museum will house the 2,200-odd artefacts that the recent excavations had helped unearth over 109 acres, and more that could be discovered in the next six months. The 2,200-odd artefacts were unearthed over an 18-day period. Addressing reporters at the Coimbatore airport on Friday, he added the government had allotted ?1 crore for the purpose..