Coin Museum Corp Bank

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Corporation Bank Museum Road, Udupi, India. Edit

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Coin Museum Corp Bank is one of the famous heritage museums in India which provides information about banking history since its inception in 1906. The founder president of the bank was Mr Haji Abdullah Sahib which has now been converted into a heritage museum. The bank wishes the museum to become a ‘Financial temple’ for the visitors. When you go through the collection at the museum you will find that due attention has been paid in collecting and displaying coins of ancient times and medieval times. The museum boasts of having more than 1,360 coins of different countries hailing from different periods. The coins belong to dynasties such as the Mauryas, the Kushans, the Satavahanas, the Western Kshatraps and that of the Gupta dynasty. One can find coins from the Mughal era and from the perod of rulers like Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb and even from the Vijaynagara rulers as well as the Maratha confederacy.

Coin Museum Corp Bank, Udupi

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10.00 A.M. To 5 .00 P.M.

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Best Season to VisitEdit

July to late January.

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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.

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2 to 3 hour.

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Ideal Restaurant ; Service Bus Stand, Udupi 576101, India ; Ph/M – N.A. ; Food Serve – N.A.

How to ReachEdit

Taxi : Taxies are also available from airport and railway station.

Bus : Buses regularly ply from major southern cities to Udupi. Volvo (AC buses), Airbuses or KSRTC buses are available here, choose as per your budget. Udupi has excellent city bus services run by various private companies. Buses generally start and end at the main bus stand. Bus stops are located throughout the city.

Train : Udupi is a major station on the Konkan railway route. There are connections with Mumbai and Mangalore. Major trains including Rajadhani Express stop at Udupi Railway Station. A night train is available from Mangalore to Bangalore, known simply as the Mangalore-Bangalore express.

Air : Mangalore International Airport is 59 km from Udupi. The airport is well-connected with major Indian cities and a few Middle-eastern destination. Prepaid taxis can be booked from the counter located inside the arrival terminal at ₹780 (as on 14-Jun-2008). They take approximately 1.5 hours to reach.

Others : Autorickshaws can be, and are generally a cheap mode to travel. For autos, fares start at ₹20 for the first 1.5 km and go up by ₹14 every kilometer after that.