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The precocious inaugurated Porunai Archaeological Museum has go a large crowd-puller arsenic the depository attracted implicit 24,000 visitors successful conscionable 2 days - connected Friday and Saturday unsocial - arsenic the radical celebrated ‘kari naal’, the time aft ‘Pongal’ and connected the penultimate time of the ‘Pongal’ holiday.
Even though the advantageously located depository was attracting decent fig of visitors ever since it was inaugurated connected December 20 past by Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, the caretakers of this depository showcasing prehistoric artefacts excavated from Adichanallur, Sivakalai, Korkai and Thulukkarpatti were struggling to negociate the assemblage during the Pongal holidays with radical from assorted parts of Tamil Nadu visiting the depository since past Wednesday (January 14). The depository attracted implicit 7,500 visitors connected Wednesday and Thursday.
As the radical celebrated ‘kari naal’ connected Friday, this fig exceeded each expectations arsenic 11,686 persons visited connected this time and the fig swelled further connected Saturday with the sojourn of 12,350 enthusiasts. Performances by people artists successful the unfastened theatre connected ‘Pongal’ and ‘kari naal’ added much colour to to the museum.
“Since much than 1,000 radical were waiting successful beforehand of the antagonistic astatine 7 p.m. connected Saturday aft implicit 11,000 had already visited during the day, we could not adjacent the concern arsenic per the prescribed timings. We allowed them also,” the depository authorities said.
