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Tethys Fossil Museum Welcome to Tethys Fossil Museum, a gateway to Earth's ancient past! Founded by Dr. Ritesh Arya, must-visit for tourists and fossil enthusiasts!

Located near Kasauli, it houses 500+ rare fossils, revealing India's journey from Gondwana to the Himalayas. Tethys Museum Foundation

is a registered Non-Profit association of geoscientists interested in understanding the journey of "Tethys" once a mighty ocean separating India and Tibet based on fossils and rocks recovered from Himachal and Ladakh Himalayas. Registered NGO

License Number 140051 (under Section 8(1)Registered Companys Act 2013 of the Government of India with its registered office at Dangyari, a small village 5km on Dharampur Subathu Road in Kasauli Tehsil Solan District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Tethys Fossil Museum

Tethys Museum Foundation is making Tethys Fossil Museum under the guidance of Dr. Ritesh Arya to house fossils collected from different parts of the Himalayas right from Shiwalik to Ladakh. FOssils Dating from 3.5 billion years from the Himalayas to recent stone tools from Pinjore on the Foothills of the Himalayas. AIM

Tethys Fossil Museum aims to Inculcate interest in students, children, and visitors to show the relevance of FOSSILS in understanding EVOLUTION, PALEOENVIRONMENT, and TECTONICS but also their role as SOURCE/ indicators of FOSSIL FUEL. Birth of Himalaya

Tethys Fossil Museum highlights events that coincide with the birth of India from Gondwana, its northward movement as an island, and its final collision with the Tibet leading to the birth of the Himalayas by displaying fossils of geological importance for the common benefit of Researchers, Geoscientists in one spot. Climate,Water, Energy, Sustainability

Museum highlights advances in Climate Change and its impact on Water Energy (Hydropower) and the environment based on geological evidence and emphasise the need for Geothermal development to solve future Energy requirement on a sustainable basis.

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Fossil locality - Jagjitnagar

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Address

Tethys Fossil Museum Dangyari, 5km On Dharampur Subathu Road , Tehsil Kasauli

173209

Opening Hours

Monday 09:00 - 20:00
Tuesday 09:00 - 20:00
Wednesday 09:00 - 20:00
Thursday 09:00 - 20:00
Friday 09:00 - 20:00
Saturday 09:00 - 20:00
Sunday 09:00 - 20:00

Telephone

+919316722291

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