Unique Conch Shell Museum in Madhya Pradesh
by dailyindia.com
Chattarpur (Madhya Pradesh), June 10: A unique conch shell museum at Chattarpur in Madhya Pradesh has a private collection of around 40,000 conch shells of a priest.
Harsevak Mishra, the priest claims that he collected these conch shells during his trips to various temples of India during the past five decades.
"I have been visiting various temples of India since 1956. It was then that the idea struck me. There are about 40,000-42,000 conch shells here. In the entire country, no place has so many conches and shells," said Harsevak.
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