Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lays foundation stone for Adichanallur museum.
This is the first onsite archaeological museum in the country.
It will exhibit 3,000-year-old artefacts.
An excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India, in Adichanallur in Thoothukudi district, has unearthed a number of burial urns, metal and bronze products and even a gold diadem.
Though an excavation in Adichanallur was taken up in 1876 itself, it has been realized today after 145 years.