Artefacts from Sanskriti Museum find a new home at Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum
At the Museum, the Ayyanar terracotta horses and elephants stand as sentinels, emblematic of how they stood in Sanskriti years ago.
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Media Source: The Indian Express (India)
Date: 23 July 2026
The Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles and Everyday Art was inaugurated this week at the Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum in Sunder Nursery, New Delhi. Showcased in glass cabinets, some nearly 12 ft high, the museum displays much of the 2,000 artefacts in metal and wood and 500 textiles from OP Jain’s collection at…
The Sanskriti Museum of Indian Textiles and Everyday Art was inaugurated this week at the Humayun’s Tomb World Heritage Site Museum in Sunder Nursery, New Delhi. Showcased in glass cabinets, some nearly 12 ft high, the museum displays much of the 2,000 artefacts in metal and wood and 500 textiles from OP Jain’s collection at Sanskriti Kendra, Anandgram. “Can anyone guess what these are,” asks Ratish Nanda, CEO of Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) India, as many curious heads peer at what appears to be brass dumbbells with perforated heads. Nanda then leaps and sinks to the floor sitting cross legged to show the purpose of the twin objects. “These are knee supports or dhichaniya,” he says, ancient seating systems from the Kathiawar region of Gujarat. At The artefacts are on loan from the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA).