KALAGRAM

Efforts to revive and maintain the rich heritage of Indian Art and Culture resulted in setting up of Kala Gram - Shilp Gram, and artisan village over an area of 17 acres on Chandigarh Kalka Road near the Railway Crossing.

Kala Gram has been set up in Chandigarh by Chandigarh Administration and North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC).

It aims at identification, preservation and propagation of traditional arts and crafts of the Region and to generate financial support to artisans and craftsmen.

Kala Gram has been envisaged for display of Crafts, artifacts, handicrafts & handloom, and to promote traditional culture-Folk Songs and Dances.

THE CULTURAL COMPLEX
Sector 10

Chandigarh is the cultural capital of the region. Many artists and writers live in the city. The frequently held exhibitions, and performances by singers, dancers, musicians and actors have inculcated among city residents a desire for the best in performing visual and plastic arts besides literary encounters.

Le Corbusier earmarked a portion of Sector 10 as the Cultural Complex which would include an Audio-Visual Training Institute, a Museum, an Art Gallery, and a 'Miracle Box' ( which never got build ) and later replaced by the Science Museum.

At present there is the Government College of Arts, the Government Museum and Art Gallery alongwith a separate 'Pavilion for Temporary Exhibitions' - now converted into the City Museum. The 'Miracle Box' has been substituted by a Science Museum, not designed by Le Corbusier, but located in the Cultural Complex. The Theatre for Performing Arts was later realised as the Tagore Theatre designed by Aditya Prakash in Sector 18.

These three bodies devoted to art, literature, music and dance/drama respectively function in co-ordination with the UT Administration and have their offices in the State Library Building, Sector 34. They conduct numerous lectures, exhibitions, performances and festivals throughout the year.

PRACHEEN KALA KENDRA
Sector 35

This is a private teaching institution offering degree courses in Hindustani vocal and instrumental music, Kathak and Bharatnatyam among the Indian Classical dance and also folk dances and song. The Pracheen Kala Kendra organises a week-long festival of music and dance every year in March as well as smaller programs - baithaks - on the 11th of every month. No tickets are required for these programs. Anyone may attend.

THEATRES AND AUDITORIUMS