Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid the foundation stone for an archeological museum in Adichanallur in the Thoothukudi district , the Ministry of Finance said.

• During her visit, the minister assessed the Adichanallur Parambu region, where removal work has been ongoing since around 2021.
• Adichanallur was one of the five archaeological sites declared to be developed as ‘Iconic Sites’ in the Union Budget 2020-21.
• It is an archaeological site located on the banks of river Thamirabarani in this district.
• ’The main objective of the museum would be to focus on establishing the significance of the archaeological sites identified as part of the cultural landscape of the Thamirabarani valley, not limiting to the site of Adichanallur.
• The museum will be built as a tribute to the history of Iron Age culture in southern India, in the context of Adichanallur