Shillong: Visiting Thai princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn ended her three-day Meghalaya tour last Friday (25 November) with a visit to the iconic Don Bosco Centre for Indigenous Cultures (DBCIC) at Mawlai.
Dr Joseph Puthenpurakal, director of the museum, received the princess and her entourage who visited four of the 20 galleries for about 20 minutes.
“The princess was seen taking notes and clicking photographs of the various exhibits with her mobile phone. She also wrote her comment on the visitors’ book,” said Museum director Dr Puthenpurackal.
Established in 2001, the Don Bosco Museum of Indigenous Cultures at DBCIC is Asia’s largest Museum of Indigenous Cultures of its kind. In it the visitor can have an overview of the whole of North East India.
Rising into Shillong’s skyline the Museum is a seven storey building with 20 well laid out galleries containing artefacts, paintings, fibreglass figures brilliantly executed by Church Art Kolkata – a subsidiary of Lokenath Industries Kolkata.
The princess also visited the North Eastern Hill University and several places, including the Sacred Groves at Mawphlang and Mawlynnong, during her stay.
A reception was organised by Sohra MLA T. Chyne and the princess presented a memo to former cabinet minister A.L Hek.
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma had hosted a dinner for the princess on the first day of her visit.
Earlier on Thursday the Thai princess visited Mawlynnong, the cleanest village in Asia.
She also visited Dawki later in the day.