The India Seashell Museum 🐚

I recently visited the India Seashell Museum located in Mamallapuram, Chennai, India. It was divided into four sections: Mini Asia, Mineral Museum, Pearl Museum and Fish Story. It was an exciting place!

Mini Asia

It consists of models of the splendours of Asia, Such as:

- The Gardens by the Bay (Singapore)

- Merlion of Singapore

- The Great Wall of China

The model of the Merlion was made up of about 1500 seashells!

Merlion (Model, made up of over 1500 seashells!)

(Note: All pictures were taken live during our visit)

Gardens by the Bay (Model)

Mineral Museum

Consists of samples of various minerals, including precious ones. My eyes shined at the sight of them!

Seashell Museum

K. Raja Mohamed, who founded the India Seashell Museum, devoted 33 years of his and his hard-earned money to collect different varieties of seashells from almost all over the world!

There are totally four galleries, each gallery consisting of more than a thousand shells! 🐚

Mini Seashells! 🤩

I saw all these shells in person and clicked pictures of them. These are some of those pictures.

Fish Story

It consists of different varieties of fish in different tanks. A fish massage is also available. (It is very rare)

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Pearl Museum

A natural pearl (often called an Oriental pearl) forms when an irritant works its way into a particular species of oyster, mussel, or clam. As a defence mechanism, the mollusc secretes a fluid to coat the irritant. Layer upon layer of this coating is deposited on the irritant until a lustrous pearl is formed.

Formation of pearl

(Note: Real pearls)

pearl (In an oyster)

Let's learn to appreciate nature's nature without modifying it. Worth watching for all nature lovers!

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