Where is theen murthi bhavan? what is importance of it? please answer?

teen murthi bhavan is in new delhi ,india.
the official residence of first prime minister of india pt. jawahar lal nehru.
it is now called Nehru Memorial Museum.
Closed on Monday for public


This one is a beauty and somehow special because it was the home of Jawaharlal Nehru, India鈥檚 first and most-loved Prime Minister. Formerly called Flagstaff House, it used to be the house of the British Commander-in-Chief. This palatial house, second only to the Viceroy鈥檚, suited the Anglicized taste of the Harrow-educated Prime Minister who lived here from 1948 till his death in1964.

The building stands directly south of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Situated at a major rond-point (in simple English a roundabout at a road intersection), it was designed by Robert Tor Russell who was part of Lutyens鈥?team. The teen murti or three statues of soldiers on the roundabout give the building its name.
Teen Murti Bhawan is a handsome building faced in stone and stucco in an austere classical style. It was carefully placed in the city to reflect the importance of military power to the Viceroy. In 1948, eighteen years after its completion, it became the residence of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. On his death in May 1964 it was preserved as a museum and research library in his memory. The house retains many of his personal belongings like the watch on his bedside table.

The house is set amid large beautifully maintained gardens with a charming rose walk. It is here that Nehru plucked his trademark buttonhole each morning. Nearby is the Jawahar Jyoti , the eternal flame, lit on his birthday in 1964. Adjacent on a rock is his epitaph.
Kushk Mahal, a hunting lodge built during the reign of Feroze Shah Tughlaq is on a mound just behind the main building. The Nehru Planetarium is also in the same compound.


The museum at Teen Murti has been primarily developed as a personalia museum. Some of the rooms, such as the bedroom, the drawing-room and the study have been preserved as they were at the time of Nehru鈥檚 death. The museum portrays through visual media the life and work of a man who was the leader of India鈥檚 struggle for freedom, the architect of modern India, and a passionate champion of world peace. Apart from highlighting his achievements, the visual display describes Nehru鈥檚 Kashmiri lineage, reconstructs his childhood and youth, his years at Harrow and Cambridge, his budding career as a barrister and his activities as a young radical who entered nationalist politics in 1917 by participating in the Home Rule Movement.
A display of popular interest is the Gifts Gallery which has some of the priceless gifts received by Nehru during his travels in India and overseas. Among the exhibits is the Baharat Ratna medal awarded to the late Prime Minster in 1955.

An object of great interest to visitors is the Jawahar Jyoti, the eternal flame which is kept burning day and night. The 鈥榡yoti鈥?symbolizes the ideals for Jawaharlal lived and worked during his lifetime.
A massive granite rock put up in the front lawn is inscribed with excerpts from the historic tryst with destiny speech delivered by Nehru in the midnight session of the Indian Constituent Assembly on August 14-15, 1947.
Since its inception more than 12 million visitors have thronged to the museum. Guides are available for conducting groups of visitors. The son-et-lumiere shows, with Hindi and English commentaries, arranged in Teen Murti House every evening throughout the year, except during the rainy season, lend colour and splendour to the story of Jawaharlal Nehru鈥檚 life.