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Museum India

Locality: Dandenong, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 8738 1260

Address: 61-63 Foster St 3175 Dandenong, VIC, Australia

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25.01.2022 All are welcome to this family friendly festival in Little Indias Museum India and Settlers Square

21.01.2022 http://www.smh.com.au//six-reasons-to-visit-dandenong-2014

13.01.2022 An SBS interview in English (with translations in Punjabi). Manpreet Singh interviews Manika Jain (Indian Consular General), Vasan Srinivasan (Chair of CIAA) and Dr Dinesh Parekh (owner of the collection at Museum India). http://www.sbs.com.au//c/short-coverage-about-museum-india

11.01.2022 All are welcome to this family friendly festival in Little India's Museum India and Settler's Square

11.01.2022 Museum India has a number of 'Volunteer' opportunities for those passionate about the community and history. These roles include community interaction, research, recording and guiding individuals/groups through the Museum facility. Volunteers will receive training, an official certificate from Museum India for their contribution and may be considered for a future paid role. To apply to be a volunteer, send your CV and Cover Letter to Revati Ilanko via email - [email protected]

10.01.2022 Museum India has a number of Volunteer opportunities for those passionate about the community and history. These roles include community interaction, research, recording and guiding individuals/groups through the Museum facility. Volunteers will receive training, an official certificate from Museum India for their contribution and may be considered for a future paid role. To apply to be a volunteer, send your CV and Cover Letter to Revati Ilanko via email - [email protected]

09.01.2022 Museum India featured in Preeti Jabbals "10 things we love about Dandenong and Surrounds" article in the RACV Member Magazine. http://www.racv.com.au//melbourne/dandenong-guide-june-2016

06.01.2022 Museum India had a great year serving the community and we look forward to meeting with you again when we reopen. Please note, we will be closed between 23/12/16 and 03/01/17.

06.01.2022 Vasan Srinivasan (Founder) welcoming Rev. Subhkaran at the Museum

05.01.2022 Museum India hosted a performance troupe from India including professional Indian folk dancers and musicians along with popular Indian film composer and singer Deva (Devanesan Chokkalingam). The performance troupe are instrumental in preserving and spreading awareness of traditional folk arts of South India.

05.01.2022 Accompanied by the melodious strains of the dhol, nadaswaram and mridangam playing in the background, Museum India was jointly inaugurated by Matthew Guy, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Citizenship and Planning; Manika Jain, Consul General of India Melbourne; Mayor Jim Memeti from the City of Greater Dandenong and John Pandazopoulos MP (Member for Dandenong) Dr Dinesh Parekh is a collector par extraordinaire! A retired Melbourne-based psychologist with an extremely inter...esting and motivating career profile, an avid photographer and collector, his passion for photography started in his early teens and continued well after earning his medical degrees. Dr Parekh has been collecting now for more than 50 years and his collection has been displayed at several international exhibitions. This massive collection, held currently under Dr Parekhs family trust, has been generously loaned to Museum India to be preserved for the future generations. A strong pillar of the Indian community in Victoria, Dr Parekh said, Museum India is a unique and distinctive venture, one of its kind in the world, built with dedication, support and generosity of many. http://www.indianlink.com.au/museum-india/

04.01.2022 On Monday 15th August (70th Indian Independence Day), Museum India celebrated its 2nd year of operation as an important cultural hub in central Dandenong. Thank you to all for actively supporting the Museum into its 2nd year.

04.01.2022 Last year, Museum India opened its doors to the community to attend a fundraiser organised by Federation of Indian Origin Multi-Faith Organisation Inc (FIMO). Fund were raised for victims affected by the April 25 Nepal Earthquake to support the Hare Krsna Food for Life Project. The fundraiser was a success with thousands raised to help the victims of the April 25 Nepal Earthquake. Museum India supported this event by creating a new multi-faith body of work. On the evening, ...a multi-faith iron shield was unveiled by the Mayor of City of Greater Dandenong (Cr Sean OReilly), FIMO President (Paramjit Jaswal), Museum India collection owner (Dr Dinesh Parekh) and Indian Community Leader - Vasan Srinivasan. Presenters included - Sheikh Zainuddin (Nakshbandi Sufi Order - Islam), Navaratna Arts (Hinduism), Hare Krishna Melbourne (Hinduism), Simon Kearney, Samir Mozayan (Bahai Faith) and Satwinder Gabbi + Family (Sikhism) We were very grateful for the presence of the then Mayor of City of Greater Dandenong, Cr Sean OReilly, and all the religious leaders, performers, volunteers and guests that took part and braved the wet weather. Below are few shots from the evening taken by Mr Guruswamy.