Zonal Cultural Centres
NCC Zonal Cultural Centres
The Seven Zonal Cultural Centres functioning as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, were set up during 1985 to 1986 with the objective to preserve, innovate and promote the projections and dissemination of arts of the zone falling under the broad disciplines of Sangeet, Natak, Lalit Kala dnd Sahitya so as to develop and promote the rich diversity and uniqueness of various arts of the zone and to upgrade and enrich consciousness of the people about their cultural heritage. Special efforts are made to encourage folk and tribal arts and to preserve and strengthen the vanishing art forms
The Seven Zonal Cultural Centres functioning as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, were set up during 1985 to 1986 with the objective to preserve, innovate and promote the projections and dissemination of arts of the zone falling under the broad disciplines of Sangeet, Natak, Lalit Kala dnd Sahitya so as to develop and promote the rich diversity and uniqueness of various arts of the zone and to upgrade and enrich consciousness of the people about their cultural heritage. Special efforts are made to encourage folk and tribal arts and to preserve and strengthen the vanishing art forms
The Seven ZCCs with Headquarters and States, they cover are as follows :
| Zonal Centres | Head Quarters | Component States |
| North Central Zone Cultural Centre | Allahabad | Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal & Delhi |
| North Zone Cultural Centre | Patiala | Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab & Union Territory of Chandigarh |
| West Zone Cultural Centre | Udaipur | Goa, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Union Territory of Daman, Diu and Dadra, Nagar Haveli |
| North East Zone Cultural Centre | Dimapur | Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland & Meghalaya |
| Eastern Zone Cultural Centre | Kolkata | Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim & Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
| South Zone Cultural Centre | Thanjavur | Kerala, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka & Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Pondicherry |
| South Central Zone Cultural Centre | Nagpur | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka & Andhra Pradesh |
| ZCCs have been instrumental in providing a very strong infrastructure to the artists and more so to the folk artists to showcase their talents in the direction of preservation, promotion and dissemination of Indian art and culture in its entire spectrum. There are regular theatre shows, art exhibitions, handicraft fairs, performances of dance and music and also documentation and publication works which is being undertaken on regular basis by these centres. The centres have enormous data base of folk art forms which are being published also from time to time. The centres are also rendering important services in the implementation of centrally sponsored scheme of Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India and are working as field agency of the Ministry of Culture. | ||
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Head Quarters
Allahabad
Component States >> Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal & Delhi
Component States >> Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal & Delhi
Patiala
Component States >> Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab & Union Territory of Chandigarh
Component States >> Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab & Union Territory of Chandigarh
Kolkata
Component States >> Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim & Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Component States >> Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim & Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands