| Indira Gandhi National Center for the
Arts |
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| The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
(IGNCA) was inaugurated on 19 November 1985 by then the Prime
Minister of India, Late Rajiv Gandhi. It was established realizing
the need to 'encompass the study and experience of all the arts-
each form with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of
mutual interdependence, interrelated with nature, social structure
and cosmology'. |
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| At present IGNCA serves as a major resource
centre for the arts as it has tried over the years to preserve
the distributed fragments of Indian art and culture. For this
IGNCA has also collaborated with UNDP to use technology for
preservation as well as easy dissemination of cultural informations.
The centre has five main divisions namely Kala Darsana, Sutradhara,
Kalakosa, Janapada Sampada and Kala Nidhi for smooth and effective
functioning. Kala Nidhi is an extensive developing data bank
on arts, humanities, and cultural heritage. The not-to-miss
feature of this division is the large reference library, which
is open on all the Saturdays. IGNCA also coordinates various
programmes of research, creative activities, training and performance
through put the year. |
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