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| name = KDHP Tea Museum
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| established = 1 April 2005
| location = [[Munnar]], [[Idukki district]] [[Kerala]], India
| type = Tea museum, industry and history museum
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The '''KDHP Tea Museum''' is an industry and history museum situated in [[Munnar]], a town in the [[Idukki district]] of [[Kerala]] in [[South India]]. '''Tata Tea Museum''' is its official name, but it's also known as '''Nalluthanni Estate''' where it is located,<ref name="keralatourism-teamuseum">{{cite web|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/tea-museum-munnar/351/|title=Tea Museum, Munnar|publisher=[[Kerala Tourism]]|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref> or '''Kannan Devan Hills Plantation (KDHP) Tea Museum'''.<ref name="tripadvisor">{{cite web|url=https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g303881-d2041787-r135037659-Kannan_Devan_Tea_Museum-Munnar_Kerala.html|title=Tata Tea Museum (Kannan Devan Tea Museum)|publisher=[[tripadvisor]]|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref>

== History and points of interest ==
[[File:Le musée du thé (Munnar, Inde) (13694733444).jpg|thumb|upright|a tea leaf rolling machine]]
The tea estate is owned by Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Company (P) Ltd. (KDHP) – the plantation dates back to the 1880s. The museum opened on 1 April 2005.<ref name="KDHP">{{cite web|url=http://kdhptea.com/|title=Company Profile|publisher=kdhptea.com|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref> The tea museum preserves the aspects on the genesis and growth of tea plantations in Kerala's mountain region in the [[Idukki district]] on the [[Western Ghats]] at the border to the [[Coimbatore district]] of Tamil Nadu. [[Tata Tea]] opened the museum which houses curiosities, photographs and machineries, ''depicting a turning point that contributed to'' Idukki's ''flourishing tea industry''. Set up at the Nallathanni Estate, the museum is a tribute to its pioneers who transformed Munnar into a ''major tea plantation centre of Kerala'', from the rudimentary tea roller from 1905 to a fully automated tea factory. Visitors and ''tea lovers'' can see various stages of the tea processing – ''[[Crush, tear, curl]]'' - and learn about the production of Kerala black tea variants. The power generation plant of the estate dates back to 1920s; a rail engine wheel of the [[Kundala Valley Railway]] that shuttled between Munnar and [[Top Station]] by 1924. A section of the museum also houses classic bungalow furniture and office equipment of the Colonial area in Kerala. Tea tasting across different varieties of tea is another attraction here.<ref name="keralatourism-teamuseum"/> A 2nd-century burial urn was discovered at the Periakanal tea estate; it is also displayed at the museum.<ref name="keralatourism-tata">{{cite web|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/munnar/tata-tea-museum.php|title=TATA Tea Museum|publisher=[[Kerala Tourism]]|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref>

== Facilities ==
The museum is about {{convert|4|km|2}} from the Munnar town, situated in the ''Nalluthanni Estate''. [[Aluva]] is the nearest railway station ({{convert|112|km|2}}); [[Cochin International Airport]] is about {{convert|72|km|2}} away.<ref name="keralatourism-teamuseum"/> [[Kerala State Road Transport Corporation]] provides buses from different locations to Munnar town.<ref name="KSRTC-Munnar">{{cite web|url=http://www.munnarinfo.in/261/369/bus-time/ksrtc-bus-time|title=KSRTC Bus Time|publisher=munnarinfo.in|language=de|access-date=2016-05-26}}</ref> The museum is open from 9 am to 4 pm (or 5 pm); it is closed on Monday and holidays. Address: Tata Tea Museum, Nalluthanni Estate, Munnar,<ref name="keralatourism-teamuseum"/><ref name="keralatourism-tata"/> KL-685 612, Idukki district, Kerala.

== See also ==

* [[2015 Munnar Plantation strike]]

== References ==
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Ajay Kumar at 22:18, 4 July 2023