Virtual museum in the offing in Varanasi
(WorldNews India)

VARANASI: A virtual museum is in the offing in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s Kashi to enable people for online viewing of the city`s antiquities and art objects. The virtual museum is likely to come up at the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected Man Mahal observatory, a beautiful example of Mughal-Rajput architecture with stone balconied windows and painted ceiling on the bank of Ganga. During his visit to the city on November 19, the union minister of state for Tourism and Culture (independent charge) Mahesh Sharma had also visited the Man Mahal observatory and asked to start a virtual museum to showcase the monuments and culture of the city, said the superintending...