Tamil Nadu Minister for Culture and Archaeology K Pandiarajan has announced that a state of the art museum, exhibiting more than 600 artifacts unearthed at the historic Keeladi site in Sivaganga district, will soon come up. The Minister, after visiting the temporary exhibition set up in Madurai, said that the world-class museum would come up at a cost of 12.21 crore rupees. He also revealed that excavations will be restarted in 15 sites including Keeladi, Kodumanal and Adichnallur from 15th January.<br />''<br />''He said, steps are being taken to bring 10,000 antique items and other artifacts, now in the ASI museum, to Tamil Nadu.<br />''<br />''The Keezhadi excavation site, located in the border of Madurai and Sivaganga districts, has revealed a Sangam era settlement, dating back to 6th century BCE.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The first three phases of excavation at Keeladi were conducted by the Archaeology Survey of India. The fourth and fifth phases were conducted by the archaeology department of Tamil Nadu.</span><br />