Established 10 June 1999 Phone 0431 233 2190 | Type Planetarium | |
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Hours Closed today SundayClosedMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayClosedFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayClosed Similar Vayalur Murugan Temple, Upper Anaicut, Prasanna Venkatachalapathy Temple, Jambukeswarar Temple - Thiruvanaikaval, Our Lady of Lourdes Church - T | ||
Anna Science Centre is a planetarium located in the Indian city of Tiruchirappalli.
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Location
The planetarium is located on the National Highway 210 between Trichy and Pudukottai adjacent to the Tiruchirapalli Airport.
History
The Anna Science Centre, Tiruchirappalli was established by the Government of Tamil Nadu and was inaugurated on 10 June 1999. School and college-going students from neighbouring districts such as Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Perambalur, Dindigul, Karur and Madurai visit the planetarium.
Features
The planetarium has an “Environment Gallery”, which exhibits themes related to Eco systems, Bio-geochemical cycles, Bio-diversity and Conservation. The Science Centre has many 3 D films like "Shark Island", Magic Show, Roller Coaster etc. The planetarium also has "Vigyan Prasar", an Edusat Facility and "Try Science – Around the World", a system that has details about the science centres in more than 50 countries.
An Evolution Park has been added recently portraying Flora and Fauna of the three major periods of Evolution namely the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods
Shows
The planetarium has shows in both Tamil and English. Tamil shows will be at 10.30 am, 1.00 pm and 3.30 pm. In English shows will be at 11.45 am, 2.15 pm and 4.45 pm.