National Art Gallery at Pantheon Road (Egmore) houses a plethora of paintings dating tentatively from around the 10th century A.D. In addition, there are intricate glass and mica paintings that hail from Tanjore and are more or less attributable to the same era. The adjacent building is a world of contemporary art, the handiwork by the eminent painters, Ravi Verma and his son Raja Verma. The paintings vary from portraits, landscapes to simple modern art. The gallery is open between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. except Fridays and National holidays.