Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has taken multiple steps to glorify India's heritage and culture. (EPA Images pic)NEW DELHI: India's cabinet approved on Wednesday a mega-museum showcasing the country's history and civilisation, which the government said will cost around US$340 million and have the largest display area in the world.
First announced in 2023, the project received approval as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government renewed its emphasis on the country's pre-colonial cultural identity.
The museum's name, Yuge Yugeen Bharat, translates roughly as "India through the ages" and invokes the country's ancient Sanskrit name, Bharat.
It will occupy former civil service offices in New Delhi, known as North and South Blocks, which were designed by British architects Edwin Lutyens and Herbert Baker in the 1920s.
