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.

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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.

Contact No. : 23388155/8341/8329

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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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Contact No. : 9868229069

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.

Contact No. : 23388815

Film Screening

Director: Gautham Chatterjee,   Duration: 28 Mins

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

Venue:  Seminar Hall, Ignca RCB, Bangaluru, 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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