IGNCA FILM CIRCLE SCREENING, NEW DELHI- 2nd & 4th Friday of every month

Leela in Kheriya is a feature length documentary film based on the Ramlila tradition of village Kheriya near Firozabad town, known for its glass and bangle factories. Kheriya Ramlila is one of the finest examples of India’s composite culture. The film portrays the eternal human quest for self-realization through an exploration of personal life histories of actors and residents of Kheriya, for whom the Ramlila stage becomes a site of healing and self-recovery.

Director: Prof. Molly Kaushal; Duration: 53 minutes

Contact No – 23388815 (Media Centre)

Thanjavur, Bṛhadīśvara Temple was built of granite by Rājarāja Coḷa (CE 995–1010) to honour Śiva as Adavallan – an accomplished dancer with his various manifestations. It has a central shrine 150 ft square, a Vimāna 200 ft high, a huge inner courtyard 250 X 500 ft, wall paintings done under Nāyakas, and 108 dance poses of Śiva.

The temple is sanctified periodically at a twelve-year interval, by a celebration of Mahākumbhābhiṣekam. The film records rare footage of all the stages of abhiṣekam starting from saṁkalpa to the pouring of sacred water from the top of the temple. This rare documentation records one of the greatest orality and ritualistic heritage.

Director: Dr Mrs. Jaichandiram; Duration: 57 minutes, 37 seconds

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Contact No – 080-23212320/56 (Regional Centre, Bengaluru)

Speaker: Ms. Jaya Jaitly

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Indira Gandhi National Centre For the Arts, Regional Centre Ranchi in collaboration with Central University of Jharkhand is celebrating International Day of the World’s Indigenous People

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RSVP – 0651-2284711, 9534011088

The twelve day workshop was conducted as a collaboration between IGNCA Delhi, ICCROM, Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery, and IGNCA Regional Centre Vadodara. It was a capacity building programme for museum professionals that imparted knowledge and skills on re-organisation of museum storages.

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Resource persons : Gael de Guichen (ICCROM, Rome), Florence Bertin (Paris) and Aida Nunes (Portugal)

Team from IGNCA New Delhi : Dr.Achal Pandya, Head, Conservation, IGNCA, New Delhi, and his team members including – Mr Jitendra, Mr Satendra and Mr Anil Dwivedi.