{"id":6315,"date":"2023-02-22T11:21:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T11:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lltonline.org\/?p=6315"},"modified":"2023-02-23T07:24:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T07:24:21","slug":"arts-_-culture-compilations-part-1-chapter-5-important-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lltonline.org\/index.php\/2023\/02\/22\/arts-_-culture-compilations-part-1-chapter-5-important-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts _ Culture Compilations Part 1 (Chapter 5 IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6315\" class=\"elementor elementor-6315\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81c206d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81c206d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5cb7e36\" data-id=\"5cb7e36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18f3777 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18f3777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>All India Radio <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>National broadcasting service planned, serviced, developed &amp; operated by Min. of Information &amp; Broadcasting.\u00a0<\/li><li>Operations began in 1936. Objectives- to inform, educate, entertain the masses.\u00a0<\/li><li>Today- 198 Broadcasting centres+ 305 transmitters.\u00a0<\/li><li>Coverage- 90% in area. 97.3% in population.\u00a0<\/li><li>24 languages, 146 dialects, 24 languages in extended provinces.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Allahabad Museum <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Under the aegis of aegis of Dept. of Culture. GOI declared it an institution of national importance in 1985.\u00a0<\/li><li>Has fabulous collection of Bharat Bhumara &amp; Jamsot Sculptures+ teracotta from Kausambi, Bhita, Jhusi, Pataliputra, Sarnath, Rajghat, Ahichchatra. Also has paraphernalia of Nehru family. Manuscript of &#8220;An Autobiography&#8221; by J L Nehru.<\/li><li>Paintings of Abanindranath Tagore, Jatin Roy, Nandalal Bose, Atish Kumar Haldar, Kshitindranath Mazumdar &amp; Sudhir Ratan Khastgir. Other important paintings of Vijayavargiya.<\/li><li>Foreign Paintings- Nicholas Roerich, his son Svetsolav Roerich &amp; Anagarika Govinda.\u00a0<\/li><li>Introduced courses in Archaeology, conservation of Museum &amp; library materials &amp; appropriation of art objects.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Anthropological Survey of India <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Dec 1945-established, as scientific orgn. Under Dept. of culture, GoI. HQ-Calcutta, Regional Centres(RC)- Nagpur, Mysore, Shillong, Dehradun, Port Blair &amp; Jagdalpur.<\/li><li>Acts as nodal orgn. Of scientific research in anthro. &amp; allied disciplines in the country.<\/li><li>Responsible for conducting bio-cultural research of tribes etc &amp; entire gamut of human evolution in India.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Archaeological Survey of India<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Functions as an attached office of Dept of Culture, Min of Culture, Youth Affairs &amp; Sports. Estb1861(primary tasks of conservation, preservation &amp; maintenance of centrally protected monument &amp; sites)<\/li><li>Multifarious activities include-<\/li><\/ul><p>i)Carrying out archaeological excavations<\/p><p>ii)chemical preservation of monuments+ antiquarian remains.<\/p><p>iii)architectural survey of monuments.<\/p><p>iv)bringing out archaeological publications.<\/p><p>v)carrying out archaeological expeditions abroad(both excavation+ conservation).<\/p><p>vi)carrying out underwater archaeology.<\/p><ul><li>Declared 3598 centrally protected monuments- of national importance including 16 world heritage monuments.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Asiatic Society<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Founded- 1784 by William Jones, obj- of inquiring into history, arts, science, literature of Asia.<\/li><li>Has contributed to growth of literary+ scientific activities in country.<\/li><li>GOI- declared it of national imp. In 1984.\u00a0<\/li><li>One of leading centres of Ideology in the world.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Bharat Bhavan\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Independent trust created under Legislature of MP state.<\/li><li>Multi-arts complex providing interactive proximity to verbal, visual+ performing arts.<\/li><li>Place for contemporary articulation, reflection+ innovation.<\/li><li>Consists of:<\/li><\/ul><p>i)Roopankar- Museum of Arts, which houses both contemporary urban+folk+tribal arts.<\/p><p>ii) Rangmandal- professional repository having an indoor theatre called Antarang &amp; outdoor theatre called Bahirang.<\/p><p>iii)Vagarh- centre for Indian Poetry, Library of 7000 books in 14 Indian Languages &amp; Video Cassettes.<\/p><p>iv)Anhad- Library of classical+ folk music.<\/p><p><strong>Calico Museum of Textiles<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1949-estb. By Gira Sarabhai; collection of rare, exquisite fabrics from different parts of India.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Central Hindi Directorate<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Obj:- fulfilling the Constitutional obligation of Art 351 to develop+ propagate cause of Hindi Language all over India+ abroad. It has schemes to purchase, publication of free distribution of books to non-Hindi speaking states, Indian Embassies+ Consulates abroad. Journals- Bhasha, Varshiki, Sahityamala.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>CCRT <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Centre for Cultural Research &amp; Training-autonomous org. under GoI in May 1979.\u00a0<\/li><li>Admin control of Dept. of Culture. HQ-Delhi. RC- Udaipur, Hyderabad.\u00a0<\/li><li>Obj:- link education with culture, awaken the consciousness of students about significance of Culture.<\/li><li>Conducts variety of programmes(training) for in-service teachers, to help them gain deeper understanding of Indian Art+Culture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Implements Cultural Talent Research Scholarship Scheme.\u00a0<\/li><li>CCRT Teachers Award- select teachers every year in recognition of outstanding work in field of education &amp; culture. <\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Central Institute of Buddhist Studies<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Est:-1959. Train students in Buddhist philosophy, literature &amp; arts. Affiliated to Sampuranand Sanskrit Vishwa Vidyalaya, Varanasi.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>given &#8220;Deemed University&#8221; status from April 1988, autonomous organization fully financed by GoI.<\/li><li>Estb:- objective to preservation of Tibetan Culture+ tradition restoration of ancient Indian Literature preserved in Tibetan Languages &amp; providing higher education in Buddhist Studies.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Central Institute of Indian Languages <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mysore. Primarily involved in research in analysis, pedagogy, technology &amp; use of language. Various schemes designed towards development of Indian Languages.<\/li><li>RC- Bhubaneshwar, Mysore, Patiala, Solan &amp; Lucknow.<\/li><li>Encourage publication in Indian Languages including Tribal Language.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Central Secretariat Library\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Originally known- Imperial Secretariat Library. Estb:-1891. Collection of 8 lakh volumes.<\/li><li>Provides facilities for reference &amp; research to Central Govt offices &amp; organizations, employees, general readers, research scholars. Well-equipped in modern gadgets, including latest reprographic+ micrographic facilities.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Dairatul- Maarifil- Osmania\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Hyderabad. 1888- Imadul-Mulk Sayyid Hussain Bilgrami, Fazilat Jang &amp; Mulla Abdul Qayyam under patronage of Mir Osman Ali, Nizam of Hyd.<\/li><li>Obj:- to collect, preserve and publish rare &amp; hitherto unpublished works connected with Islamic learning. Has published 100s of rare works in Arabic.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Darul Musamiffen <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1914. Azamgarh, UP, by Maulana Shibli Nomani. Academy of research in Islamic studies+ publication of works on Islamic learning &amp; history+ culture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Biography of Prophet Mohammad &#8220;Sirantum- Nabi&#8221; kept here in 6 volume. Monthly under Journal- Maarif.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Darul-Uloom, Deoband\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Deoband, UP. 1866 by Haji Modh. Abid Hussain.1 of the foremost centres of Islamic Learning in Asia.\u00a0<\/li><li>13 academic depts provide instructions in 22 disciplines including Quran &amp; Quranic Commentary, Science of Recitation of Quran etc. Certificates are recognized by premium religious institutions of the world like Al-Azhar University of Cairo &amp; Madina University of Saudi Arabia.<\/li><li>It has a governing body headed by &#8220;Sarprast&#8221;(chancellor).<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Delhi Public Library <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Estb:-1951. Financial &amp; technical assistance from UNESCO. Consists of:- central Library+zonal library @ Sarojini Nagar+ 4 branch libraries, a Braille Library, 3 sports Libraries, special outlet for Central Jail. It is a recipient of library under Delivery of Books Act.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30e7667 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30e7667\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-487605c\" data-id=\"487605c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35c307a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"35c307a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Department of Culture\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Earlier- Ministry of HRD, now shifted to newly created Min of Culture, Youth Affairs &amp; Sports.\u00a0<\/li><li>Set up-1985. Came into existence-174th Amendment of GoI (Allocation of Business Rules),1961.\u00a0<\/li><li>Plays a vital role into preservation, promotion &amp; dissemination of art &amp; culture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Major activities include providing financial aid through schemes &amp; grants.<\/li><li>Boosts cultural ties with different countries in the world through Cultural Exchange Programs.\u00a0<\/li><li>Training courses &amp; observing centenaries &amp; anniversaries of great persons.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Department of Youth Affairs &amp; Sports <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Obj:- Developing human potential in field of youth affairs &amp; sports. Various programmes &amp; schemes gives assistance, training &amp; awards to ogranizations, sports persons &amp; youth to motivate them to contribute towards national development.\u00a0<\/li><li>Also responsible for promoting sports &amp; games in the country.\u00a0<\/li><li>Acquired separate identitiy-1985- coinciding with International Youth Year.<\/li><li>Implements different sports promotion schemes with the aim of achieving excellence in Sports @ national+ International.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Directorate of Film Festivals\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Responsible for organizing national &amp; International film festivals in India, organizing film weeks in India+ abroad.<\/li><li>Also responsible for organizing national film awards annually.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Doordarshan <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1959, Foremost Tv Network. 1 of the largest broadcasting organization in the world.<\/li><li>Operates 21 channels, network of 47 programme Production Centres &amp; 1008 Transmitters.<\/li><li>Puts over 1393 hours of programmes every week.\u00a0<\/li><li>87.9% of the country&#8217;s population- terrestrial signals. 40 million people watch.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Films Division\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1948; Central film producing org. of GoI.\u00a0<\/li><li>Prime responsibilities:- production &amp; distribution of short &amp; documentary films.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Films Finance Corporation\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1960; GoI in order to improve the standard for film production &amp; to sponsor Film Festivals &amp; Finance weeks.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Film &amp; Television Institute of India <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1960; Pune.<\/li><li>Member of ILCET(International Liasion Centre of Schools of Cinema &amp; Television).<\/li><li>Organization of world&#8217;s leading schools of film &amp; television.\u00a0<\/li><li>Prime Obj:- importing of organized technical training in the art of film making.<\/li><li>Every year, FTII invites national+ Internationally renowned film makers as guest lecturers. Has churned out 100s of successful directors, actors, cameramen &amp; technicians.<\/li><li>The Television wing of Institute mainly caters for the training needs of production &amp; technical assistance staff of Doordarshan.<\/li><li>Short term orientation courses for IIS(Indian Information Services) officers &amp; students of film department.<\/li><li>FTII enters short films by students in various international short film festivals to give exposure to their work.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>French Institute of Indology\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1955, Pondicherry. Research Centre for Indian Languages &amp; Culture. Science and technical section prepares vegetation maps of soil types, geology and lithology of India.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Gandhi Smriti &amp; Darshan Samiti <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Set up Dept of Culture-1984 as Gandhi Samiti.\u00a0<\/li><li>Primarily to maintain the national memorial of Gandhiji &amp; the photo exhibition @ Rajghat called Gandhi Darshan, created 2 the time of Gandhiji&#8217;s birth centenary in 1969. It has published number of books on life &amp; values of Gandhiji.\u00a0<\/li><li>Organises Gandhiji Memorial Lectures by eminent scholars both in India+ abroad.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Indian Council for Cultural Relations <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Estab:- 1950. Autonomous Orgn. Of GoI.<\/li><li>Obj:-<\/li><\/ul><p>a. to participate in formulation &amp; implementation of policies+ programmes relating to India&#8217;s external cultural relation.<\/p><p>b. Promote cultural exchanges with other countries &amp; peoples.<\/p><p>c. Promote+ strengthen cultural relations &amp; cultural understanding between India &amp; other countries.<\/p><p>d. Establish &amp; develop relations with national &amp; international organizations in field of culture.<\/p><p>e. Arranges for exchanges of visits by scholars, academicians, opinion makers, artists &amp; writers as well as visits by performing arts groups &amp; exhibitions.<\/p><p>f. Also administrators scholarships schemes for foreign students for studies in India; organizes the Maulana Azad Memorial Lecture+ Maulana Azad Essay Competition+ J L Nehru Award for International Understanding.<\/p><ul><li>ICCR&#8217;s president- VP of India. ICCR currently- 2 VP&#8217;s and a DIR. GEN. ICCR&#8217; HQ- Azad Bhavan, New Delhi.<\/li><li>RC- Bangalore, Calcutta, Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Mumbai, Thiruvananthapuram.\u00a0<\/li><li>Abroad- Cairo, London, Berlin, Colombo, Durban, Georgetown, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Moscow, Port Louis, Port of Spain.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Indian Council of Cultural Research <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1972; under MOHRD. HQ- Delhi.\u00a0<\/li><li>Formulates+ implements policy on historical research &amp; encourages scientific writing of history through research projects, seminars, publications &amp; grants.\u00a0<\/li><li>Awarded so far, 1822 fellowships 7 2291 study-cum travel agents.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Indian Institute of Islamic Studies <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1964; New Delhi. Effort of Hakim Abdul Hamid, Chairman of Hamdard National Foundation.\u00a0<\/li><li>Largest Islamic Institute in India.<\/li><li>Obj- to foster the study of Islamic culture+ civilization+ provide facilities for research in the impact of Islam on India+ abroad.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Indian Museum, Calcutta<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1814; Asiatic Society. Oldest+ largest institution of its kind in India.<\/li><li>Houses unique features of Indian+ foreign art representing centuries of cultural ethos. Vast gallery of paintings, coins, sculpture, bronzes, metals, textiles &amp; decorative art. Mineralogy Gallery has very extensive collection of Minerals from India all over.<\/li><li>Numismatic gallery displays punch marked coins from 5 BC to 2 AD. Greek+ Arab+ Gupta Period.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Estb- Autonomous trust in memory of Mrs Gandhi.\u00a0<\/li><li>Conceptualised as a centre for the study of various art forms.\u00a0<\/li><li>Implements the projects of strengthening the national facility for interactive multimedia documentation of cultural resources with UNDP assistance.<\/li><li>It has 5 divisions:-<\/li><\/ul><p>i) Kalanidhi- repository of reference material relating to humanities &amp; arts, outstanding library+ cultural archives with access to multimedia databases.<\/p><p>ii) Kalakosa- deals with research work on publications of works on art.<\/p><p>iii) Janapada Sampada- undertakes to build core collection of material on folk+ tribal arts+ crafts.<\/p><p>a)Loka Sampada- which revolved sround a community.<\/p><p>b)Kshetra Sampada- resolves around the region.<\/p><p>iv)Kala Darshan- aims to provide a form for facilitating a creative dialogue amongst cultures, disciplines, diverse arts.<\/p><p>v)Sutradhara- gives administrative, managerial &amp; organisational support to all other division. Nodal administrative division serves as central coordinator of programmes.<\/p><p><strong>IGNOU <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Estab:- 1985, provide cost-effective, quality education to large sections of population, particularly to disadvantaged sections, remote+ flung areas.\u00a0<\/li><li>Pioneer in Distance Education. Recipient of Centre of Excellence in Distance Learning Award by Commonwealth Learning in 1993.<\/li><li>Has also constituted Distance Education Council(DEC) through which it provides expertise &amp; assistance to other open &amp; Distance Learning Institutions in Country.<\/li><li>504 study cetres, 24 regional centres, 47 programmes consisting of 533 courses. 6 Lakh students<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Autonomous org. 1987. under Dept of Culture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Depicts evolutionary story of humankind in Global Perspective but with special focus on India.\u00a0<\/li><li>Open Air Museum. Indoor Display Galleries. 36 pre-historic rock shelters; 1000-6000 year old paintings.\u00a0<\/li><li>(Anthropological objects of National heritage)- involved in retrieving.\u00a0<\/li><li>Also participated in World Congress on Archaeology. Ethno-biology, Musicology, Rock Art, Museography, Bio-Diversity, Indigenous Knowledge+ Cultural Diversity, Conservation etc.<\/li><li>To establish common platform for dialogue, technology transfer &amp; collaboration for community regarding action combining Ecology, Economics+ Employment.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Institute of Islamic Studies, Aligarh <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1954.<\/li><li>Promote Islamic Culture &amp; civilization &amp; study the atmosphere( political, social, economical) in Islamic Countries.\u00a0<\/li><li>Offers Diploma in West Asian Studies &amp; also Mphil+ PhD.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Jamia Millia Islamia<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Aligarh, 1920 during Khilafat &amp; Non-Cooperation Movement in response of Gandhiji&#8217;s call to boycott govt supported educational institutions. Moved from Aligarh to Delhi in 1925.<\/li><li>Designated as Central University in 1988 by an Act of Parliament.\u00a0<\/li><li>UG+ PG Courses in various disciplines.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Jamia Nazimiya, Lucknow\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>1890; Sayyid Nizam. One of the leading colleges in India imparting education in Shia theology.\u00a0<\/li><li>Administered by a committee of Shia scholars.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Jamia Nizamiya, Hyderabad\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Hazrat Hafiz Mohd Anwarullah Farooq in 1872 for propagation of Islamic Studies.<\/li><li>Was partronised by Mir Osman Ali Khan, Nizam of Hyderabad. Has produced 1000s of Hufaz &amp; scholars who have great reputation.<\/li><li>Offers courses of 2-8 years education on Fundamentals of Islamic Sciences, Hadith, Islamic Law.<\/li><li>Fatwas issued by it are recognized by every court in India. Recognized by Al-Azhar, Cairo+ Al Qurrah University of Makkah+ Jamia Islamia of Medina.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Kalakshetra\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Means &#8220;Holy Place of Arts&#8221;. 1936&#8211; Rukmini Devi Arundale as a cultural academy of preservation of traditional values in Ind Art, Dance+ music.\u00a0<\/li><li>Govt took over&#8211; Presidential Ordinance- 29th sept 1993- declared it as an Institution of National Importance.\u00a0<\/li><li>Order replaced by an act of Parliament(Kalakshetra Foundation Act(No 6 of 1994). Since then, autonomous org- Dept of Culture.\u00a0<\/li><li>Modeled on Concept of &#8220;Gurukul&#8221; where music, dance, painting is taught to both sexes from all over the world.\u00a0<\/li><li>Curriculum of dance students includes classes on dance story based on &#8220;Abhinaya Darpana&#8221;. Music is a subsidiary for dance students.\u00a0<\/li><li>Kalakshetra even produces dance students &amp; other productions made available to the public- the best of Indian classical arts.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Kalamandalam <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Well known school for &#8220;Kathakali&#8221; in Kerala founded by V N Menon.<\/li><li>Serves as the meeting point of Northern+ Southern styles of Kathakali as well as other dance forms such as Mohiniattam, Koodiyattam etc.\u00a0<\/li><li>Houses the imposing architectural landmark- Koothambalam.<\/li><li>1930; Govt of Kerala took over its maintenance- 1941.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Khudha Baksh Oriental Public Library <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Patna. Estb- 1891. Declared as institution of National Importance in 1969 by an act of Parliament.<\/li><li>Richest collection of Oriental Texts preserved by Khan Bahadur Cheeta Baksh, who handed it over to GoI for preservation.20,000 manuscripts in various Oriental Languages like Persian,Urdu, Arabic depicting world&#8217;s richest Islamic heritage. Rare Manuscripts like Holy Quran written in Naksh- 1269 AD by a calligrapher Yaquit-at-Mustasami; Dioscorides&#8217; work on medical plants, Treatises of Thabit Kurra, poetical works of Mirza Kamran, brother of Humayun &amp; manuscripts to bearing signatures of Jahangir &amp; Shah Jahan.<\/li><li>Has been recognized as a centre of research by 7 universities for awarding degrees of PhD\/M.Phil. Brings out quality Research Journal.<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Lalit Kala Academy <\/strong><\/p><ul><li>National Academy of Fine Arts established by GoI-1954.\u00a0<\/li><li>Promotes study+ research in painting, sculpture &amp; architecture &amp; other applied arts. 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