T.N. Finance Minister .Thangam Thennerasu, on Monday, February 19, 2024, said an open-air museum would be constructed at the Keeladi excavation site, at a cost of ₹17 crore, to showcase the brick structures, ring wells, and factory zones that have been found during the Keeladi excavations. The site already houses a museum, where hundreds of artefacts unearthed since the excavations began in 2014-15, are housed.
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Mr. Thennarasu, who presented the State Budget for 2024-25, also said that a sum of ₹3 crore is to be sanctioned for a study of the genetic antiquity, migration patterns, agricultural practices, cultural traditions, and dietary habits of the Tamil people. This study will use advanced genomic methodologies, at the genetics laboratory of the Department of Culture at Madurai Kamarajar University.
