Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya under the celebrations of its 39th Foundation Day is organising various programmes and activities at its premises from 21-23 March, 2015. Commemorating Foundation Day, Sangrahalaya is organising a performance by flute maestro Padma Vibhushan Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia on March 23, 2015 at Avritti Bhawan open air auditorium. The proposed programme of Sangeet Martand Padma Vibhushan Pt. Jasraj has been postponed for unavoidable reasons.
On the eve of Foundation Day, country’s largest lamp with 1001 wicks ‘Aal-Vilakku’ will be lighted by Chief Guest of inaugural ceremony will be Prof A.C. Bhagbati (former Vice-chancellor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh) and special guest will be Shri Alok Sanjar (Honourable Member, Parliamentary committee on Tourism & culture and Honourable Member of Parliament, Bhopal) and audience present. The three days long fest will have programmes like special exhibitions, annual lecture, craft fair, ethnic cuisine, screening documentary, performance of traditional band and seven folk dances of Arunachal Pradesh.
Date: March 20, 2015