Birla Planetarium, Chennai

Birla Planetarium
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Established11 May 1988; 36 years ago (1988-05-11)
LocationNo. 4, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Kotturpuram, Chennai, India.
Coordinates13°00′43″N 80°14′37″E / 13.012°N 80.2437°E / 13.012; 80.2437
TypePlanetarium museum
DirectorI.K.Lenin Tamilkovan
Public transit accessKasturba Nagar MRTS station
Websitetnstc.gov.in/index.htm

B. M. Birla Planetarium is a large planetarium in Chennai, India. The fifth B. M. Birla planetarium in the country, it is located at Kotturpuram in the Periyar Science and Technology Centre campus which houses eight galleries, namely, Physical Science, Electronics and Communication, Energy, Life Science, Innovation, Transport, International Dolls and Children and Materials Science, with over 500 exhibits.[1] Built in 1988 in the memory of the great industrialist and visionary of India B. M. Birla, it is considered the most modern planetarium in India, providing a virtual tour of the night sky and holding cosmic shows on a specially perforated hemispherical aluminium inner dome. Other Birla planetariums in India include the M. P. Birla Planetarium in Kolkata, the Birla Planetarium in Hyderabad, and the planetariums in Tiruchirapalli and Coimbatore.

  1. ^ Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered. Chennai: EastWest. p. 282. ISBN 978-93-84030-28-5.