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Keki Moos Art Gallery is situated at old Malegaon Rd, JJ Anna Nagar, Chalisgaon, Maharashtra 424101. Edit
Detail InformationEdit
Keki Moos Art Gallery is the world’s biggest one man painting/ photography collection of over is worth 13,000 arts master pieces situated near Chalisgaon City (85kms approx). To look after Keki Moos’s property & art, Keki wrote a ‘will’ after consulting with his Spiritual Guru (shri Brahmalin Swami, Chandra Kirnaji Tapovan Saraswati , Maharshi Kanvashram, Kanalda, dist. Jalgaon.) and formed a trust of 6 members. Keki named his trust in the name of his beloved mother as ‘Smt. Piroja Manekji Moos Art Gallery & cultural center trust, Chalisgaon’. This trust is popularly known as ‘Kala – Maharshi Keki Moos foundation’.
HistoryEdit
In 1920 keki’s family came to Chalisgaon (a small village of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra state) and started a soda bottle factory & wine shop. Little Keki didn’t like Chalisgaon so his father sent him back to Mumbai. The Handsome, Curly-haired, an extremely quiet & peaceful Keki after his primary education, he has done his graduation in the 1stclass from Wilson collage, Mumbai. Keki wasn’t at all interested in his uncle’s construction business. He wanted to become an artist. But his father called him back to Chalisgaon once again. As he had a property & liquor shop at Chalisgaon & there was no one to look after it. His father expired in between 1934-35, his mama (mother) had appoint a man to look after the shop and granted a permission to Keki to do his further education. Maharashtra state board for literature & culture, Mumbai published (1983) a book on Keki & his photography ‘KEKI MOOS – LIFE AND STILL LIFE’. India’s well known personalities like – Late. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (Primeminister of India), Baba Amte (social worker & follower of Vinoba Bhave), Late.Jaiprakesh Narayan, Shankar Rao Dev. Late. Sane Guruji (Pandurang Sadashiv Sane). Pt. Mahadev Shastri Joshi. Maharshi Anna Saheb Karve, Narayan Hari Aapte (writter) Prof. N. S. Phadke, Shri M. Mate, Acharya Atre, Vasant Shantaram Desai etc. visited Keki’s museum.
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Best Season to VisitEdit
December and February.
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Morning, Afternoon, Evening.
Time Required for SightseeingEdit
1 – 2 Hours.
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How to ReachEdit
Taxi : Private Taxies or Vehicles are reach here.
Bus : Jalgaon is connected through Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) and some private travel services. Jalgaon is 56 Kms from Amalner, 91 Kms from Dhule, 140 Kms from Malegaon, 158 Kms from Aurangabad, 167 Kms from Khandwa, 247 Kms from Nashik, 273 Kms from Indore, 355 Kms from Surat, 410 Kms from Pune, 412 Kms from Mumbai, 437 Kms from Bhopal, 430 Kms from Nagpur. For Local transport A new bus service called “JMTU” was started by the Jalgaon Municipal Corporation on 15 August 2009.
Train : Jalgaon has its own Railway Station named as Jalgaon Railway Junction which is connected to the major cities of Maharashtra. It is linked with the cities like New Delhi, Bangalore, Mysore, Lucknow, Chennai, Kanyakumari, Puri, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Patna through Lokmanya Tilak Express, Navjeevan Express and Karnataka Express. After getting down the Railway station you take the Local transport buses to reach the sights.
Air : The nearest Domestic Airport is Chikkalthana Airport, Aurangabad, roughly three hour drive from Jalgaon. The airport is well connected to many major cities like Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi etc. The second nearest International Airport is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, roughly 412 Kms from Jalgaon. Frequent Flights to various national and international destinations take off from here. After getting down the Airport you take the Local transport buses or Private taxies to reach the sights.
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Things to CarryEdit
- Carry Camera and Plenty of Water.
Safety / WarningEdit
HelplineEdit
- Police Control Room : 100, 2223333
- Fire : 101
- Ambulance : 102
