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After the palace we went to see the Archaeological Museum:

A stone sculpture outside the museum:

The sculptural art on display here represent a fairly rich heritage of artistic traditions of this area. The early sculptures though may not reveal any distinctive traits from their counterparts from the neighborhood viz. Chola- Pandya region are characterized by simplicity and delicate modeling. The impact of Chola plastic art and that of the Pandyan classical modeling are the virtues of the sculptural art of Venadu upto 14th century AD. The influence of Vijayanagara school of art can be seen in the sculptural medium from the 16th century AD onwards. However the sculptures in the wood are more dominant in artistic traditions in Venadu. The collections here also record the prevalence of saptamatrika worship as in anywhere in South India during the end of the first millennium AD. Jyeshta worship during the same phase is evidenced from the collection of Jyeshta sculpture in three dimensions. In the collections here the stone sculptures dates from 9 to 18th century and wooden sculptures from 17th to 19th century AD. Among them Vishnu (10th century AD), Jyeshta (9th century AD), Brahma, Dakshinamurti, Balasubramanya (10th century AD), Village goddess (18th century AD), wooden Dwarapalakas from a temple chariot, are interesting images.

Here are the different sculptures in the museum:

• Sculpture 1:



• Sculpture 2:



• Sculpture 3:



• Sculpture 4:



• Vinayaka, Cholapuram, 16th Century AD:



• Pingala, Kozhikode, 8th century AD:



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