Tripura to get its first digital museum, Rs 40 cr allocated
Mar 17, 2022
Agartala (Tripura) [India], March 17 : Tripura has allocated Rs 40 crore to set up the state's first digital museum.
The historic Pushpabanta palace, also the old governor's house will be converted into a museum named after Maharaja Bir Birendra Kishore Manikya, Tripura Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma said while presenting the state budget proposals for the financial year 2022-23.
"Puhspabanta Palace, the erstwhile Governor House will be developed as Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya Museum and Cultural Centre with a project cost of Rs 40 crore. It will have a combination of both physical and digital components, thus making it one of the first digital museums in the country", said Dev Varma.
Pushpabanta Palace is a historic palace built by the Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya, in which Rabindra Nath Tagore used to stay during his visit to Tripura, according to historians.
The five-day budget session of the Tripura assembly began on Thursday.
This will be the last Budget of the BJP-IPFT government before the State goes to Assembly polls early next year to elect all 60 members of the Legislative Assembly.
