Kalanubhava Lecture demonstration on Nirguni Bhajans of Shri Kumar Gnadharva by Shri Pushkar Lele

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Gandharva Guna Gaana by Pt. Pushkar lele

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Film Screening: The Multifarious Tribal culture of Tripura – The film is a documentation of the simple life of the Tribes of Tripura who live in unison with nature. Reangs, Chakmas and other tribes are untouched by the twists of the modern life and even their dances have a relevance to their day to-day life and communion with nature.
Director: Madhumita Nag. Duration: 51 minutes.

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4th April 2016 – A lecture will be delivered by Curator, Ms. Dimple Bahl on her exhibition
Venue: Lecture Room, Ground Floor, 11, Mansingh Road at 2:00PM

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Venue : Exhibition Hall, IGNCA, 11, Mansingh Road, New Delhi
Time : 4:30 pm onwards

Exhibition open for public viewing from 1st to 8th April 2016

IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Ms. Sukrita Paul Kumar will read from her book of poems Dream Catcher. The poems in this volume come from her sojourn in China, her contact with the snowy winter of Minnesota, the experience of the city forest of Jahanpanah and other imaginary terrains triggered off from the real stories of Tsunami devastation etc…or sieved from her memory of some odd dream-like reality. Sukrita Paul Kumar, born in Kenya, lives currently in Delhi, writing poetry and teaching literature. An Honorary Fellow of the prestigious International Writing Programme, University of Iowa (USA), Cambridge Seminars and a former Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, she was also an invited poet in residence at Hong Kong Baptist University, China. Honorary faculty at the Durrell Centre at Corfu (Greece) and a recipient of many international fellowships and residencies, she has published several collections of poems in English that include Dream Catcher, Without Margins, Apurna, Folds of Silence and Oscillations. A number of Sukrita’s poems have emerged from her experience of working with homeless people, Tsunami victims and street children.

Under Project Mausam Lecture Series, a lecture by Dr. Kurush Dalal, Director Chandore Excavations, Centre for Archaeology, University of Mumbai.

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24th Feb. – 27th March 2016 – Exhibition

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24th Feb. – 26th Feb. 2016 – Workshop (on Invitation)

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Special Lectures

• A special lecture titled Exchange and co-operation of India-China Rock Art on 24th February, 2016 by Zhang Yasha.
• Another special lecture titled Overview of Archaeological Discoveries of Greater Khingan Mountains Painted Cave Art on 24th February, 2016 by Zhao Pingchun (China).
• A special lecture titled Dating Bronze Age Rock Art on Mount Yi (Yinshan), Inner Mongolia on 25th February, 2016 by Wei Jian (China).

 
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Iconic exhibition on Parsi Culture Threads of Continuity in collaboration with Ministry of Minority Affairs and Parzor Foundation.

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Iconic exhibition on Parsi Culture Threads of Continuity in collaboration with Ministry of Minority Affairs and Parzor Foundation. Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh an exhibition curated by Silloo Mehta at IGNCA
Twin Art Gallery from 29th March – 4th April, 2016.

Stained Glass workshop by Katayun Saklat from 3rd April, 2016 onwards.

Kusti Weaving, Toran Making Demonstrations & Parsi Embroidery Workshops on 14th & 15th April, 2016.

Parzor Film Festival Screening and interactive talk on Zoroastrian Motifs in Parsi Embroidery by Dr. Shernaz Cama and Ashdeen Lilaowala on 16th April, 2016 in IGNCA Auditorium, C.V. Mess, New Delhi.

Exhibition inauguration: 21st March, 2016 at6.30pm at IGNCA.

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Venue : IGNCA premises, Janpath, New Delhi
Time : 10.00am – 7.00pm (Mondays & National Holidays closed)
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As part of our monthly lecture series, we invite you all to a unique discourse and performance by Shri Appagere Thimmaraju. Samskruti Smarane series is a lecture series organized third Friday of every month featuring eminent artists, scholars and thinkers in the culture space.

Entry open to all.

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The film explores the great acoustic and mythological heritage of ‘nada’ and ‘tala’ through diverse uses of ‘raga’ in Gharana traditions.It investigates the orality of the Gharanas and the broad punctuations of their renderings.

Director: Sanjay Khanna
Duration : 1hour, 30 minutes.

About the documentary: The documentary highlights the melodious singers and messengers of universality called Bauls. Mostly, coming from the West Bengal, the Bauls propagating the idea of humanity and love come from all religions. This philosophy became part of the bhakti movement in the post-sixteenth century. Love and compassion are the catchword of these Bauls.

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IGNCA has recorded 25 great masters in Hindustani Classical Music. In Phase II of the project, DVDs of a selection of the recording is being

released. The DVDs are 7th & 8th in the series. The release will be followed by concerts by disciples of both the artists.

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Book was released by Hon’ble Culture Minister Shri Mahesh Sharma

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Release of the new edition of Natyasastra VOLUME I (A Kalamulasastra Series Publication) by Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi And Bharata – Ilango Foundation For Asian Culture (BIFAC), Chennai.

Dr. N. Gopalaswamy, Chairman, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai will preside, release the book & confer the title BHARATA PUTRAHA (BIFAC Lifetime Achievement Award) on Prof. K.D. Tripathi (Volume Editor)

Shri Chinmaya R. Gharekhan, President, IGNCA Trust will grace the occasion, along with.Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, Managing Trustee, BIFAC & Trustee, IGNCA and Ms. Veena Joshi, Member Secretary, IGNCA.

Dr. R. Nagaswamy, Dr. K.G. Paulose Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao & Satavadhani Dr. R. Ganesh will participate in a short symposium on Natyasastra in South India followed by Nrityarpana (The fragrance of Bharatanrityam, Bharatanatyam & Mohiniattam).

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Jointly organised by: Akshaya Kumar Mitreya Heritage Museum, University of North Bengal & Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,

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Venue: Faculty Club, University of North Bengal, Raja Rammohunpur, P.O.North Bengal University, Dt.Darjeeling, West Bengal -734013.
RSVP:0353-2776390

The RE-ORG project is being organized at Assam State Museum, Guwahati from the 29th February 2016 to 11th March 2016, in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Assam and ICCROM, Rome. Assam State Government and the workshop is part of the campaign launched to improve the state of museum storage in Assam.

Participants coming from different museums in Assam would avail the opportunity during two weeks to participate in the reorganization of Assam State Museum Storage. As with all RE-ORG projects, the main challenge is to find adequate storing solutions with a limited budget, reusing as much as possible old furnishings and installing basic new furnishings if needed.

Director: Sanjay Maharishi Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes

The film explores the historical experiences and social formations of the Jewish community, who arrived in India in the 16th century and settled mainly in Kerala. The contribution of the community in trade, commerce and other fields is also highlighted in the film.

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Film Screening

Director: Gautham Chatterjee,   Duration: 28 Mins

Time: 1:30 PM (School Children)
3:30 PM (General Public)

Venue:  Seminar Hall, Ignca RCB, Bengaluru

Under Mausam Project Lecture Series, a lecture on Climate Change and the Oceans by Shri S.W.A. Naqvi, Director, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa.

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IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Dr. Jagdish Kaur will read from her book Arunachal Pradesh : Rediscovering Hinduism in the Himalayas. Dr Jagdish Kaur is a medical professional and public health expert. She is working with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India for the last more than twenty five years in various capacities. She has extensive experience in health policies and programmes of the Government.

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India-China Rock Art Exhibition-cum-Workshop, 2016 at IGNCA, New Delhi
24th Feb. – 27th March 2016 – Exhibition
24th Feb. – 26th Feb. 2016 – Workshop (on Invitation)

Rock Art Unit of IGNCA

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24th Feb. – 26th Feb. 2016 – Workshop (on Invitation)

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(Reflection on Exhibition – Africans in India: A Rediscovery) by Dr. Nataraj Huliyar.

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By ASI and IGNCA

Contact No. : 23388211

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Film screening of Mahakumbha – In Search of the Nector
Director: Bappa Ray Duration: 48 minutes

Prayag is the place of the confluence of sacred waters. Pilgrimage to this place is equated with three million ten thousand pilgrimages. Mahakumbha, which takes place once in twelve years, is the subject of the film covering the Mahakumbha of 2001. It explores the vast orality of an internal agnihotra. The fire of tapas (penance) burns retas or soma (semen fluid) in the body of the human being, purges it of poisonous lust and turns it into the healing nectar of energy. The process is equated with the cycle of waters, incited in the universe by the solar fire. The devotee substitutes a new, clean self for his old self through his ablution in the Mahakumbha.

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Monthly Documentary Film Screening Series

Director: Michael Williams,
Duration: 27 Mins

Time: 1:30 PM (School Children)     3:30 PM (General Public)

A travelling exhibition that retraces the lives and achievements of some of the talented and prominent Africans of yesterday who became an integral part of the socio-cultural heritage of India.

Visitors’ Lobby of UN headquarters
1st Avenue and 46th street,
New York.
U.S.A.

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A travelling exhibition that retraces the lives and achievements of some of the talented and prominent Africans of yesterday who became an integral part of the socio-cultural heritage of India.

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For Workshop register at igncakaladarsana@gmail.com or Shanmukhanandass@gmail.com

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IGNCA SRC, Bengaluru in association with DakshinChitra Museum, Chennai and Sanskriti Pratishtan, New Delhi cordially invites you for the inauguration of Exhibition From Earth to Earth – Devotion and Terracotta Offerings in Tamil Nadu
Curator and Photography by Ms. Julie Wayne.

* Exhibition for public view between 6th to 28th Feb 2016
* Inauguration is followed by Film Screening and Interaction with the Curator.

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IGNCA is hosting a storytelling festival, Kathakar: International storytellers Festival at the Amphitheatre, C. V. Mess Janpath, in collaboration with Nivesh, an NGO. This is the third year of the festival at IGNCA.

Like in the previous years, this year also, we would be presenting storytellers from India and abroad. Both contemporary stories and tales from legend, history and oral traditions will be presented by professional and passionate storytellers. We get students from government schools to attend the sessions in the morning. This year, we are hosting a session for children with special needs.

Participating story tellers will be: 

National – Puran Bhat (Rajasthan), Gangacharn Singh, Kalicharan and group (Swang, Meerut), Usha Venkataramen (Mumbai)

International – Emily Hennessey (U.K.), Giles Abbott (U.K.), Tim Ralphs (U.K.)

Venue: IGNCA, Amphitheatre, C.V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi-110001
Time: 9.00 am to 11.45 am (for school children)   and 4.30 pm to 8.00 pm (for open audience)

Due to unavoidable circumstances, the afternoon session planned for children with different abilities (7 February 2016 , 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm) stands cancelled.

Press Updates:

• http://hangouts.co.in/3238-kathakar-international-storytellers-festival-in-delhi.html
• http://www.deccanherald.com/content/526775/into-world-storytelling.html
• http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/reviving-the-art-of-storytelling/article8200730.ece
• http://www.asianage.com/arts/art-s-telling-675
• http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/culture/3258-tale-storytellers
• http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/voices-of-the-people/article8224015.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RS
• https://maverickfeet.wordpress.com/2016/02/07/storytelling-exhibition-by-day-revelries-nostalgia-by-night/
• http://news-express.in/entertainment/voices-of-the-people-18975/

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• 05.02.2016 – Photographs
  • Morning
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• 06.02.2016 – Photographs
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• 07.02.2016 – Photographs
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IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Prof Susan Visvanathan will read from her book The Children of Nature: The Life and Legacy of Ramana Maharshi. The book addresses the question of devotion and community life with respect to Ramanasramam in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. It seeks to understand mysticism, transcendence and detachment within a historical perspective, looking at narratives from a feminist perspective. Prof Susan Visvanathan teaches Sociology at Centre for the Study of Social Systems, JNU, Delhi. She is the author of The Christians of Kerala, and also a well known writer of literary fiction. Susan Visvanathan was Fellow at NMML, Delhi and at IIAS, Shimla and MSH, Paris She was SASNET Fellow at Lund University and Charles Wallace Fellow at Belfast.

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Director: Milind Gour      Duration: 26 Mints

Time of Screening:

• 1:30 PM (School Students)

• 3:30 PM (General Public)

Duration: 31 mins
Director: Shri Anirban Mahapatra

A box filled with photographs and negatives, made in India in 1945, compels a couple to try and unravel the mystery behind who took these photographs. Contemporary Indian artists draw inspiration from these images and create new artworks in response. The resulting film is a cross-cultural exploration of the power of art.

Allan and Jerri will be available for Q & A after the screening.

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Directed by Jaichandiram
Duration: 21 Mins

Time: 1:30 PM (School Students), 3:30 PM (General Public)

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Venue: Lucknow State Museum, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Timing: 10 am to 4.30 pm. (Mondays and other National Holidays shall be closed)

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IGNCA and Gitam University (Gandhi Institute of Techonolgy and Management ) are presenting 2nd International Convention Gandhirama.

Papers will be presented in the Convention. In addition, IGNCA is organising following programs:

Exhibition on ‘Bapu :The Craftperson’s Vision’ curated by Ms. Sunaina Suneja.
Screenings of Movies and clippings on Gandhiji
Solo Dance Performance by Padma Shree Geeta Chandran titled as ‘Gandhi: Warp and Weft’ on the inaugural day, 16 January 2016
The programme will be inaugurated on 16 January 2016 at 11 am by Chief Guest Dr. Venkaiah Naidu.

For more information, https://www.facebook.com/events/1665837567026377/

Contact No: Prof. Ashok Vohra – 09868525546 / 0891-2567421

19th – 21st January, 2016

2nd Asian Philosophy Congress 2016

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An exhibition of work by 12 contemporary artists, inspired by the old photographs under the project Following the Box : An artistic exploration of an Archive of anonymous photographs from India in collaboration with Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral (The Collected Image), USA and American Embassy in India. Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral are America based couple. The couple are Fulbright- Nehru scholars and pursuing their project `Following the Box’ based on a discovery of shoebox containing 127 vintage photographic images of India taken in 1945 by an anonymous American serviceman.

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Venue : Exhibition Hall, 11, Mansingh Road, IGNCA, New Delhi
Time : 10.00am -5.30pm (Mondays & Gazetted Holidays closed)

Contact No. : 23388155

An exhibition of work by 12 contemporary artists, inspired by the old photographs under the project Following the Box : An artistic exploration of an Archive of anonymous photographs from India in collaboration with Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral (The Collected Image), USA and American Embassy in India .

Alan Teller and Jerri Zbiral are America based couple. The couple are Fulbright- Nehru scholars and pursuing their project `Following the Box’ based on a discovery of shoebox containing 127 vintage photographic images of India taken in 1945 by an anonymous American serviceman.

Venue : Exhibition Hall, 11, Mansingh Road, IGNCA, New Delhi
Time : 10.00am -5.30pm (Mondays & Gazetted Holidays closed)

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Director: Bappa Ray
Duration: 52 minutes 27 seconds

The lineage of the Garo people of Western Meghalaya goes back to Tibet. The Garo hills are interspersed with patches of low-lying plains bordering Assam and Bangladesh. The life of Garos revolves around the Sun God, who rules their Jhum or shifting cultivation, and envelops the dynamics of their life ways. The Wangla festival of the Garos is the time for celebrating the bounty and well being, bestowed by Sun God. It is the time to rejoice; time to choose the bride and the Groom; and the time for young persons to mingle freely. The films place the life and times of Garos in the background of their traditional philosophy and belief systems, and provides a mirror to the Garo mindscape.

Directed by Shiv Prasad
Duration: 44 Mins

Time: 1:30 PM (School Students), 3:30 PM (General Public)

IGNCA Southern Regional Centre, Bengaluru in association with South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur and INTACH, Thanjavur Chapter is organizing a Film Screening on the Making of Ayyanar Exhibition and nteractive Session with Ms. Julie Wayne, Photographer and Curator of the Exhibition – “From Earth to Earth – Devotion and Terracotta Offerings in Tamil Nadu” on Thursday 7th Jan 2016 at 4:00 PM, Venue: Auditorium, SZCC, Thanjavur.

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IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This Month Esther David will read from her book Book of Rachel. Esther David is an Indian author who lives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Her novels are based on the Jewish experience in India. She weaves her stories around the Bene Israel Jewish community of India. Esther David has received the Sahitya Akademi award for 2010 for English Literature from the Government of India. The novel is about the old who have been left behind in India by families, which immigrated to Israel. She deals with the pervading sense of isolation, by trying out an ancient recipe every day.Rachel’s story is woven around love,longing,recipes and the Jewish heritage in India.

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IGNCA invites you to a special film screening of its Great Master Series–a film on legendary artist Shri KG Subramanyan titled “The Magic of Making” by renowned director Shri Goutam Ghosh at the National Gallery of Modern Art Bengaluru,

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Southern Regional Centre in association with South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavuru cordially invites for the inauguration of Photography Exhibition “From Earth to Earth – Devotion and Terracotta Offerings in Tamil Nadu” Photography and Curated by Ms. Julie Wayne.

Exhibition will be open from 10AM – 5PM. closed on Sundays and Gazetted holidays

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Southern Regional Centre in association with South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavuru cordially invites for the inauguration of Photography Exhibition “From Earth to Earth – Devotion and Terracotta Offerings in Tamil Nadu” Photography and Curated by Ms. Julie Wayne.

Exhibition will be open from 10AM – 5PM. closed on Sundays and Gazetted holidays

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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is going to organize a workshop on Wall painting technique of Rajasthan (Arayash) from 14th to 23rd December 2015. This workshop is the part of skill development and capacity building programme of IGNCA. The participants would be chosen on first come first serve basis. The resource person for the workshop would be Prof Bhawani Shankar Sharma Former Dean faculty of Fine Arts, Prof. & Head, Department of Visual Arts, Bansthali University (Rajasthan).

Venue : Arch Academy of Fashion, Art Design and Management, Plot No. 9, Govind Marg, Malviya Nagar Institutional Area, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur-302017

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Director: Umesh Aggarwal
Duration : 1 hour,25 minutes

Tracing the journey of Music Director, A. R. Rehman, the documentary brings in focus an unseen and unheard narrative of one of the greatest musicians of this country, who is known world over for his music. Shot across the world, the film includes interviews of personalities like Danny Boyle, Mani Ratnam, Gulzar, Shekhar Kapoor, Subash Gai and composer Andrew Lloyd. Contact No. : 23388815

The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of Culture, GOI at IGNCA at IGNCA Auditorium on 11th December, 2015 at 11.00am

Contact No. : 9868964007

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The conference was inaugurated by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of Culture, GOI at IGNCA at IGNCA Auditorium on 11th December, 2015 at 11.00am
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The Volume will be released by Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan, founder Member-Secretary, IGNCA in presence of Prof. R. N. Mishra from Lucknow and Prof. K. D. Tripathi from Varanasi.

The Kalatattvakosa series of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts endeavours to evolve an important modern device to grasp the essential thought and knowledge system of the Indian artistic and cultural tradition. The present volume Sthana-Ayatana (Substratum/ Abode) is the seventh manifestation of the series and contains seven scholarly articles. It begins its journey from the general notion of substratum ‘sthana’ and reaches up to the particular location of ‘ayatana’. It is edited by Prof. K. D. Tripathi, Dr. Sukumar Chattopadhyaya and Dr. Pranati Ghosal.

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The seminar will be in two parts :
Day I : a public seminar in which leading exponents in the fields of music and music education will present the latest findings on research and practice internationally.

Day 2 & 3 : A closed seminar for the invited experts from different regions of India.

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By Jnana Bhaskara Dr. Pavagada Prakash Rao

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110001 Contact No. : 9911148591

Directors: B.B.Lahker & Sujit Duration: 58 minutes

Meghalaya is inhabited largely by tribes. The Garo, Khasi and Jainita are three types of tribes having a glorious and unique history. The documentary encompasses their culture, customs, tradition and rituals.Contact No. : 23388815

Director: Ariban Syam Sharma
Duration: 26 Mins

Curated by Dr. Sylviane A Diouf and Dr. Kenneth X Robbins

Africans in India: A Rediscovery: a travelling exhibition put together by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi and the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture, New York, retraces the lives and achievements of some of the talented and prominent Africans of yesterday who became an integral part of the socio-cultural heritage of India. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 27 November at the campus of IGNCA-SRC by Dr. N S Channappa Gowda (IAS), {Secretary, Kannada, Culture and Information & Public Relation Dept. Govt. of Karnataka}, Shri. Kamaljit Singh, {Regional Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relation, Bengaluru}and Dr. M.S. Murthy (Eminent Artist, Karnataka Lalit Kala Academy) and Dr. Mangalam Swaminathan, {Programme Director, IGNCA, New Delhi} between 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. The inaugural ceremony will be followed by Folk Dance from the Siddi Community.

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IGNCA Book Circle @ Reference Library. This month, Dr. Tarannum Riyaz will read from her book Barf-Aashnaa Parindey.

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Masks, puppets, paintings and photographs relating to the performances of Ramlila from all over the country are on display at the exhibition. The exhibits, mainly from the archives of IGNCA,give a glimpse into the world of theatre relating to Ramlila. Almost all the regions of the country are represented in the exhibition.

Venue : Twin Art Gallery, C V Mess, Janpath.

Contact No :  23388016

Epic Processes: Mobility, Patronage and Aesthetics 2015
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The World of Rock Art Exhibition

Archaeological Survey of India, Puratattva Bhavan, Bungalow No. 11, Seminari Hills, Nagpur

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by Prof. Probal Dasgupta. Chairperson Prof. Indra Nath Chaudhuri

Director: Gulbahar Singh. Duration: 32 minutes

Gotipua dancers have survived in limited circles. The film highlights the physical and mental preparation of young dancers within a tight framework of training. This film is a tribute to the heritage of Gotipua and their contribution to the tradition of Indian performing arts.

Director: Shri. Mahesh Tiwari
Duration: 36 Mins

Time: 1:30 PM (School Students), 3:30 PM (General Public)

Director : R.Bharathadri Duration : 34 minutes 12 seconds

Synopsis: Today’s Aihoḷe is an over grown village in Bhagalkat District of Karnataka. Originally known as Ayyavola or Aryapur, it was the capital of Cāḷukyan dynasty through 6th to the 8th century AD. The oldest flat roofed Lad Khan temple, the flat roofed Kontagudi temple, dedicated to Śiva, the apsidal Durga temple, the northern style Śikhara temples of Huchimalli Gudi and Hucchappayya, the Meguti Jaina temple, seated on a hill, show the eclectic confluence of sectarian and aesthetic traditions at Aihole.

Prof. H.S. Shivprakash will read from his latest publication Everyday Yogi (Harper Collins,New Delhi 2014). He is a Professor, Theatre and Performance Studies, JNU, New Delhi .He is author of 9 books of poems, 15 plays and 3 critical works in Kannada. Widely discussed his plays have been performed and translated into several Indian languages and into English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.

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Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
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Director: Kalpana Subramaniam, Duration: 30 min
Synopsis: The film explores the exclusive interviews with Rama Rui, a freedom fighter and head of Mahila Ashram, Wardha, and Prabeena Ben of Geetao Mandir, Pauanar Ashram. It highlights the experiences, motivations, anecdotes and impression of these two women who participated in Gandhi’s satyāgraha movement. The film talks about how Mahatma Gandhi got the idea of satyāgraha and thereby recognized Kasturba as his teacher. Many anecdotes are explored through there rare interviews that take us to memory lane of the freedom struggle.

National Gallery for Modern Art, Bengaluru in collaboration with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Southern Regional Centre cordially invites you for the inauguration of Exhibition Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore – A Visionary, Artist and Poet. Curated by Shri Virender Bangroo

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Dominic Galicia is Principal Architect of Dominic Galicia Architects, a design-oriented practice whose work has been recognized for its sensitive attention to both concept and detail. He obtained his professional degree in architecture in 1988 from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. He is the current president of ICOMOS PhilippinesContact No. 23388077

Karnataka Gamaka Kala Parishat (R) in association with Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Southern Regional Centre is organizing 10th Annual Conference on Gamaka.

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Theatre actors and circus artists come together to make this brilliant production under the directorial gaze of Abhilash Pillai. Twenty-six students from the National School of Drama, combine with nineteen artistes from Grand Circus along with an elephant and a horse appear on stage, the circus ring, for the maiden show of ‘Clowns and Clouds’, based on tales from the Panchatantra, from Kalidas’ Meghadoot, and a Chinese fable Shwa-Shwa. Joker acts in between are supported by innovative masks, costumes, specially created music and dance. For the actor/student it was a challenge to perform in front of an audience of three thousand odd people circled from all sides. For the circus performer the challenge was to stick to a story. For the rest of us, the audience, a visual never seen before. IGNCA in collaboration with National School of Drama had hosted three days of Circus at IGNCA in 2013. The entire performance was documented by NSD. A film based on this documentation has now been made by well known film maker Shri Sanjay Mahirshi.
Shri Mahirshi will be available for Q & A session.

Begum Akhtar Centenary Commemoration Festival 1st – 15th October 2015: Exhibition – Begum Akhtar: Life, Works and Legacy, Inauguration at 5:00PM by Shri Amrit Abhijat, Secretary, Department of Tourism, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh
3rd October 3015: 11:00 Launch of Web Portal on Begum Akhtar by Shri Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India,11:30AM Symposium, 07:00PM Performances
4th October 2015: 11:00AM Poetry Reading, 12:30PM Sozkhwani, 07:00PM Performances
15th October 2015: Performances, Exhibition, Launch of Web Portal & Symposium

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