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The album contains photographs of an exhibition conducted during the bicentennial of Madras Observatory at IIA campus on December 6, 1986. It can be seen that hundreds of photos and astronomical equipment showcasing the history of 200 years were displayed by the library team for the public.

The album consists of photos of the Ayudha pooja celebration in 1997. Photos of rituals at the mechanical workshop and pictures of high tea are included in the album.

The album contains photos of the IIA vehicles kept for auction sale.

The album contains photographs and some archival material which is preserved in IIA archives: star and sky fast chopping polarimeter, painting of Uranus ring drawn by Vainu Bappu and mural painting of solar eclipse and many other paintings, observation results, national and state levels medals won by M. K. Vainu Bappu.

The album contains images related to the setting up of the park and garden opposite the Director's office. The pictures of Director R. Cowsik and other IIA staff with the building workers can be seen in this album.

The album contains photographs of beautiful sceneries around IIA.

The album includes photographs taken of different events held at the Kodaikanal Observatory during the directorship of M. K. Vainu Bappu. The photos belong to the following events

1. Retirement of Poomban
2. Farewell party of Anil Kumar Das in 1960
3. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with the D. G. O. Mr P. R. Krishna Rao and other staff
4. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with Prof. s. Chandrasekhar and staff
5. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with Kodaikanal Observatory staff
6. Visit of Russian scientist to Kodaikanal Observatory
7. Kashiviswanathan with M. K. K. V. Bappu
8. The participants of the electronic class conducted by J. C. Bhattacharyya
9. M. K. Vainu. Bappu with Estimate Committee members
10. Retirement of C. G. Veeraraghavan
11. Retirement of P. Madhavan Nair
12. Retirement of N. Sundharam
13. Felicitation party of M. K.V. Bappu for his Padmabhushan Award
14. 1st Astronomical Society of India meeting
15. 1st Astronomical Society of India meeting

The album consists of photos related to the visit of Prof. S. Chandrasekhar, who shared the 1983 Nobel Prize for physics with William A. Fowler for theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars. He visited the IIA Bangalore campus on 11 January 1993 with his wife, Lalitha Chandrasekhar. The album includes photos of lectures and meetings, as well as the photos of Prof Chandrasekhar and his wife at IIA.

The album contains photos of the initial stages of the Kavalur Observatory campus. Photographs of Director M. K. Vainu Bappu's visit to Kavalur for site inspection and selection for the setting up of the observatory building and workshop. Photos from the construction of 40-inch and 90-inch telescopes, images of albuminization of the 40-inch telescope and the instruments of the telescope can be seen in this album.

The album contains photos taken during the visit of Prof. D. Sugimoto of the University of Tokyo in 1997 as a part of the India-Japan collaborative research program. It includes photographs of the presentation by Prof. D. Sugimoto and handing over the board to be installed in the GRAPE system, a parallel computing machine dedicated to galaxy simulations, to director R. Cowsik.