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Wax Museums – A Glittering Jewel in India’s Tourist Attractions

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Wax museums have gained a rapid popularity across the globe&period; Ever since Madame Tussauds in London captured headlines and garnered widespread attention&comma; other wax museums have sprung up everywhere&comma; much to the delight of fans&period; The practice of developing life size wax figures adorned in real clothes can be traced back to the funeral practices of European royalty&period;  The oldest museum in the United States is the Hollywood Wax Museum located in Hollywood&comma; California&period; However&comma; in the modern age&comma; the most famous name associated with wax museums is <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Madame&lowbar;Tussauds">Madame Tussauds<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">In India too&comma; wax museums have gained a rapid popularity&period; Scattered across different states&comma; they have witnessed a large number of visitors&comma; all eager to pose and catch a glimpse of their favorite personalities&period; A visit to a wax museum of India quite exciting&comma; as well as a unique experience&period; If you have not visited a wax museum yet&comma; you are missing out on something enjoyable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The biggest wax museum in India&comma; was opened on 10<sup>th<&sol;sup> November 2014&comma; in the Rajarhat area of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;must-visit-winter-havens-in-and-around-kolkata&sol;">Kolkata<&sol;a>&period;  A unique museum also exists in the form of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Melody World” at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;spending-some-memorable-days-while-touring-the-historic-city-of-mysore&sol;">Mysore<&sol;a>&comma; India&comma; which was opened to visitors in 2010&period; Jaipur too&comma; got its wax museum in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Louis Tussauds’s wax museum&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;visit-top-4-definitive-areas-bangalore-city&sol;">Bengaluru<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<h2><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;louis-tussauds-wax-museum-bengaluru-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-4917 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;louis-tussauds-wax-museum-bengaluru-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"louis-tussauds-wax-museum-bengaluru" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">&lpar;Image Source &&num;8211&semi; Wikimedia&period;Org&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">A visit to Louis Tussauds’s wax museum&comma; located at <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;indianholiday&period;com&sol;bangalore&sol;">Innovative Film City in Bengaluru<&sol;a>&comma; allows you to get photographed with the likes of Mona Lisa&comma; Shakespeare&comma; Beatles or any other personalities that you adore&period; An interesting fact about this museum is that it has been curated by Louis Tussaud&comma; the great-grandson of Marie Tussaud&period; It houses an interesting variety of collection&comma; combining both fiction and reality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Entry Timings&colon; <&sol;strong>10&colon;00 am &&num;8211&semi; 7&colon;00 pm &lpar;weekdays&rpar;&comma; 10&colon;00 am &&num;8211&semi; 7&colon;30 pm &lpar;weekends&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Celebrity Wax Museum&comma; Lonavala<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;celebrity-wax-museum-lonavala-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-4915 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;celebrity-wax-museum-lonavala-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"celebrity-wax-museum-lonavala" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;>&lpar;Image Source &&num;8211&semi; deepjeevani&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Located on the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;indianholiday&period;com&sol;tourist-attraction&sol;maharashtra&sol;hill-stations&sol;lonavala&period;html">wonderful hills of Lonavala<&sol;a> in Maharashtra&comma; Celebrity Wax Museum stands out for its spaciousness and is graced by the presence of famous celebrity wax models&period; Situated on the old <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;great-cuisines-amazing-nightlife-and-a-beautiful-marine-drive-welcome-to-mumbai&sol;">Mumbai<&sol;a>-Pune highway just before the Lonavala town&comma; it has attracted an impressive amount of visitors since its inauguration&comma; and is easily one of the most popular wax museums in India&period; The museum consists of wax replicas of Narendra Modi&comma; Shivaji&comma; Kapil Dev&comma; Prabhu Deva&comma; Angelina Jolie&comma; Sharad Pawar&comma; Anna Hazare&comma; A R Rahman and Michael Jackson&comma; besides many others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Entry Timings&colon; <&sol;strong>9&colon;00 am to 10&colon;00 pm<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">K Dev Bhoomi Wax Museum&comma; Mussoorie<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;k-dev-bhoomi-wax-museum-mussoorie-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-4916 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;k-dev-bhoomi-wax-museum-mussoorie-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"k-dev-bhoomi-wax-museum-mussoorie" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">People head to Mussoorie to experience the heavenly weather and revel in the magnificent sights all around&period; However&comma; here is another reason to visit Mussoorie&comma; one of the most famous hill stations of India&period; The K Dev Bhoomi Wax Museum&comma; located in the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;indianholiday&period;com&sol;dehradun&sol;">Dehradun district of Uttarakhand<&sol;a>&comma; is counted amongst the famous wax museums in India&period; Here&comma; you will come across the exhibits of some of the most famous personalities in the world including Jawaharlal Nehru&comma; PM Narendra Modi&comma; Swami Vivekananda&comma; Baba Ramdev&comma; Adolf Hitler&comma; Mother Teresa&comma; Albert Einstein and Barack Obama&comma; besides others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Entry Timings&colon; <&sol;strong>10&colon;00 am to 5&colon;00 pm<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Wax Museum&comma; Kolkata<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;mother-wax-museum-kolkata&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-4913 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;mother-wax-museum-kolkata&period;jpg" alt&equals;"mother-wax-museum-kolkata" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a>Mother’s Wax Museum&comma; located in the Asansol city of West Bengal&comma; is the amazing creation of the artist Susanta Ray&period; The museum contains life-size models of freedom fighters Mahatma Gandhi&comma; Subhash Chandra Bose&comma; Rabindranath Tagore and Jagdish Chandra Bose&comma; besides others&period; Singers from Manna Dey to Kishore Kumar and Bengali superstars like Suchitra Sen and Uttam Kumar&comma; are some of the other celebrities found in this museum&period; According to Ray&comma; its artist&comma; all the wax dolls have been created following the original Madam Tussauds&comma; so if you want to get a glimpse of Madam Tussaud wax museum in India&comma; this is the place to come to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Entry Timings&colon; <&sol;strong>12&colon;00 noon to 7&colon;30 pm &lpar;Mondays closed&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Melody Wax Museum&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;spending-some-memorable-days-while-touring-the-historic-city-of-mysore&sol;">Mysore<&sol;a><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<h4 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;melody-wax-museum-mysore-1&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-4918 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;melody-wax-museum-mysore-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"melody-wax-museum-mysore" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;celebrity-wax-museum-lonavala-1&period;jpg">&lpar;Image Source &&num;8211&semi; amazonaws&rpar;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Melody Wax Museum&comma; located in close proximity to the Mysore Maharaja Palace &lpar;3km&rpar;&comma; is clearly one of the largest wax museums in South India&period; The building inside which this museum is housed&comma; too&comma; is believed to be more than 90 years old&period; This museum was created by an IT professional called Shreeji Bhaskaran&period; Managed and maintained by sophisticated technology&comma; it contains almost 19 galleries&comma; with each gallery providing a unique experience of the world of music and arts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">You will also come across 110 life size wax statues in this museum belonging to various bands and stages&period; The popular representation of bands are&comma; Indian Classical music such as Hindustani and Carnatic&comma; Punjabi Bhangra&comma; Middle East&comma; Chinese&comma; Tribal&comma; Jazz&comma; Hip Hop and Rock&comma; to name a few&period; Exhibitions which touch upon social significance are also found here&period; A special attraction is the statue of the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore&comma; Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Entry Timings&colon; <&sol;strong>9&colon;30 am to 7&colon;00 pm<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Jaipur Wax Museums&comma; Jaipur<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;jaipur-wax-museum&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-4909 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;12&sol;jaipur-wax-museum&period;jpg" alt&equals;"jaipur-wax-museum" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a>When it comes to the most visited wax museums in India&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;indianholiday&period;com&sol;tourist-attraction&sol;jaipur&sol;museums-in-jaipur&sol;wax-museum&period;html">Jaipur Wax Museum<&sol;a>&comma; situated in the premises of Fort Nahargarh&comma; wins the first place&period; The museum showcases wax and silicon statues of personalities who have not only been outstanding achievers in their own fields&comma; but have also contributed to the society as a whole&period; Sculpted by Mr&period; Susanta Ray&comma; India’s senior most wax sculptor&comma; the statues are displayed in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Hall of Icons” section as well as the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Royal Durbar” section of the fort&period; A unique feature of the statues here is the liveliness which is reflected in the sculpted images&period; Along with this&comma; every statue has been given a background to support and complement its fascinating history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Entry Timings&colon; <&sol;strong>Daily 10&colon;00 am to 6&colon;30 pm<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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