UP chief minister akhilesh Yadav in presence of the Samajwadi party president Mulayam Singh Yadav will inaugurate the museum dedicated to veteran socialist ideologue Jayaprakash Narayan on Tuesday, the 114 th birth anniversary of the socialist leader.
The Museum will be the first in Uttar Pradesh to have an audio tour guide-in the voice of Amitabh Bachchan. For next three month the entry would be free for the visitors in the museum. For the interest of the visitors, selfie points and other photo centres have been provided in the multi story building housing the museum.
The baritone will guide visitors across the museum, a part of the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) situated in the Gomtinagar area of the stare capital. Officials here today said latest technology will be used to depict JP’s life in 3-dimensional form at the museum.
Visitors will be given a remote control and headphones at the time of entry which will guide them through at the press of a button. Another highlight of the museum will be 3-dimensional depiction through holographic screens showcasing the movement launched by the leader, popularly known as lok Nayak or JP, after proclamation of Emergency on June 25, 1975 midnight and how he was detained at Chandigarh. Besides, technique used in kinetic (moving or rotating) metallic sculpture will be used to showcase JP as a sentinel of Indian democracy and to highlight his contribution to redeem democracy.
Constructed by the lucknow Development Authority in an area of 3,269 sq m at a cost of Rs 20 crore, the design of the museum has been prepared after a research of one-and-half year and visits to over 20 museums in the country.
“It is to remind people of the immense power of the great leaders have to bring change, for the future generations to know,” said an lDA official. Key features of museum will be a library, gift shop and reading room, JP gallery and open air theatre. The look and feel of JP’s residence in Bihar will be recreated at the museum exhibiting his belongings that will include his trunk, clothes, bed, his magnifying glass, and other trivia which are being procured from his home town and from other museums. Along with news clippings of the JP movement, a documentary showcasing file photos and interviews of his friends from politics, journalism and those who accompanied him during the movement will also be shown to the visitors.