India
oi-Deepika S
Kodagu, Feb 06: ‘Sunny Side’, the erstwhile ancestral house of General Thimayya, who served as the Chief of Army Staff from 1957 to 1961, has been converted into the museum in Kodagu.
The museum celebrating the life of former Army Chief General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, housing a variety of antique weaponry and war relics, was inaugurated on Saturday by President Ram Nath Kovind.
The memorial museum aims to retell the life-story of the General in an inspiring manner. A statue of the General from Kodagu in uniform greets as one enters the museum, which also showcases a slice of Indian military history.
To guide the visitors, there is a first person narration, explaining the articles and artifacts kept there.
Reflecting on the humility of the great son of the soil of Kodagu, or the erstwhile…