A walk through history at Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum

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Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum is situated amidst the hustling bustling lanes of Pune in Shukrwar Peth. It is a one-man collection of Late Dr. D.G. Kelkar (1896 -1990). 'Kaka', as Dr. Kelkar was affectionately known dedicated his collection to the memory of his only son `Raja’ who died an untimely death.
Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum has a collection of 21,000 artifacts that depict day-to-day life. The feelings of poets, the testimony of creative spirit, Dr. Kelkar travelled across the country and built his collection.
He was an optician by profession, was never good with mainstream subjects like Mathematics but was certainly good at poetry.
If you're interested in looking at the country's history, dwelling into antiques and walking through history, Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum is your go to.