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The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts has set its unit at the Ravindra bhavan, Margao with the avowed objective to conserve, promote and propagate the art, Culture and lifestyle of the region in specific and national in general.
Regional Director, IGNCA Dr Aruna Gajbhiye told the media that the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is an autonomous Trust of the Ministry of Culture, government of India, and is presently having nine regional centres across the country, with Goa is the latest unit functional at Ravindra Bhavan.
Dr Aruna thanked the Chairman of Ravindra Bhavan, Margao Prashant Naik for sharing the space of the Ravindra bhavan with IGNCA which has made the centre possible in the State of Goa.
She said the main objective of the centre is to conserve, promote and propagate the art, culture and lifestyle of the region. “As part of the objective, discussions, lectures, brain storming sessions, workshops, seminar etc on current socio, cultural and traditional activities in and around the countires is one of the focus areas of the centre,” she added.
In this connection, the IGNCA has organised a public lecture on “Kumbha: Tradition beyond spirituality” in association with Ravindra Bhavan, Margao on March 18 at 5 pm, to have an open discussion on the culture and tradition of Kumbha and its relevance in the present scenario and to provide a platform for the younger generation to understand the historical importance of traditions and its socio-cultural values as well as other related aspects to it.
Swami Hirdananda from Ramkrishna Mission Parsol, Ponda has been invited as a speaker for the lecture which will be open for discussions for the participants.
