July 6th, 2009 | 
Author: Viralimalai Sanctuary
The Viralimalai sanctuary is one of the best places to watch peacocks. There are at least six species of peacock pheasants distributed throughout South East Asia, though the Palawan Peacock Pheasant or “Tandikan” (Polyplectron Emphanum) is by far the most spectacularly coloured of these beautiful birds.
Viralimalai is a small town situated at a distance of 30-kms from Tiruchirapalli and 40-kms from Pudukkottai. It is famous for its Murugan temple and the Peacock sanctuary. The town is bestowed with a large number of wild peacocks, which roam around the Murugan temple.
Government Museum
Government Museum, established in 1982, is a museum complex located in Rani Mangammal Mahal near Super bazaar, Tiruchirapalli. The complex includes National Art Gallery, Gallery of Contemporary Arts and Children’s Museum. The museum showcases an assortment of specimens relating to geology, zoology, paintings, anthropology, epigraphy and history.
Ancient bronze-stone sculptures, Indian coins, Paleolithic and Neolithic tools, inscriptions and palm leaf manuscripts and model of Pachamalai hills are kept here for display. The museum is open on all days except Fridays and national holidays from 10:00 hrs to 17:00 hrs.
Sittanavasal
Sittanavasal is located at a distance of 58-km from Trichy is Sittanavasal, a site of an ancient Jain monastery with fine fresco paintings in a rock cave. Many of them are typical of the 9th century Pandyan period and include exquisitely detailed pictures of animals, fish, ducks, people gathering lotuses from a pond and two dancing figures. There are also inscriptions dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries. Fresco paintings from the 7th century can be seen on the ceiling of the Ardhamandapam.
There are many pre-historic burial sites around Sittanavasal and among the relics unearthed are burial urns, cists and Kurangupatarai.
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