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Corporation Bank Heritage Museum

 

Another of the many tourist places to visit in Udupi is the Corporation Bank Heritage Museum which is housed in a 125-year-old building that used to be the home of the bank’s founder, Haji Abdullah Saheb. One of the most unique places to visit in Udupi, the museum is dedicated to all things financial and its displays include ancient and rare items like coins, stamps, notes, and even barter items of trade. The oldest coins in the museum, located in Thenkpete, Maruthi Veethika, date back to 55 BCE. Some of the collection comes from dynasties like the Mauryas, Satavahanas, Kushans, Guptas, the western Kshatrapas, and even from Portuguese India, British India, and Republic India.