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Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Cultural center Art center Research institute

One of the Most Reviewed Research institutes in New Delhi


Address

Janpath Building, near Western Court, Janpath, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India

Website

ignca.gov.in

Contact

+91 95994 43393

Rating on Google Maps

4.30 (4.4K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 9 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Thursday: 9 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Friday: 9 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: 9 AM to 5:30 PM
  • Tuesday: 9 AM to 5:30 PM

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  • 4/5 Haider A. 1 year ago on Google
    Located on Janpath Road , IGNCA is the most reputed govt sponsored organization for promotion of Arts and Culture. It has a huge building and beautiful building right in the heart of the capital. It has many galleries which showcases Indian arts and culture. It also has a canteen named Kalafe which serves snacks and lunch on very reasonable rates. It can be reached easily using Metro and is located on Janpath Metro Station( use gate no 3). Also it has beautiful gardens and lawns. Most of the walls are decorated with art work from various regions of India. It organises programmes from time to time to promote arts and culture of India.
    14 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Raj Kumar J. 8 months ago on Google • 404 reviews
    Well managed, neat & clean. Staff is good. Now, there is an exhibition going on depicting currency notes of different countries which showcase prime monument of that country.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Barun G. 1 year ago on Google • 517 reviews
    The old Janpath Hotel of ITDC has now been converted to house the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts plus offices of the Ministry of Culture. A limited space on the ground floor is open to visitors when/if an exhibition is running. I was disappointed to see the limited collection of items on display and it makes no sense to come to this place especially. No fee for entry but you might be asked to sign in for some mysterious reason.

  • 4/5 Naresh D. 6 years ago on Google • 434 reviews
    A centre located in the central part of New Delhi. The centre is meant to preserve and promote Art and Culture and talent related therewith. This has been the venue through the year for many exhibitions, displays, festivals, live performances, dance, drama, regional flavours and many more aspects of culture, art, music, food and heritage. The place become more lively during Delhi winter months (normally November to February) as the weather becomes conducive to outdoor activities, venturing into open space and enjoy the events. It has a sprawling complex, both covered and open area, amphitheater, auditorium, reasonably parking space, accessibility to the venue; more so the entry to all such open events is free for visitors and free parking too. Temporary food stall are set up depending on the theme of the event, clean toilets, drinking water, natural greenery around... are some of the features which really add to the positivity of the venue. However, the type of visitors here have taste and flavours for the events (relating to culture, art and heritage) and not everyone visits the venue events.... which is indeed a blessing in disguise. The programmes are published in newspapers, banners and displays periodically and folks interested do keep a track of calender of events! Some pics of a couple of such events heppened on a certain day are appended.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Rajesh P. 2 years ago on Google • 331 reviews
    Awesome place- for High profile Guests, Very Peaceful &. Calm place One can have the delicious food as well at a very nominal cost. Nice ambience at the Restaurant - had a great time during my visit I recommend one should stay there at least for 2-3 days to have a nice break of routine life.💐💐
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 PRASHANT C. 5 months ago on Google • 304 reviews
    IGNCA or Indira Gandhi Centre for Arts is located on Janpath Road and home of Indian Atts and Culture with an auditorium bookshop Library and art exhibition area...definitely worth a visit.

  • 5/5 PRAMOD SAMARTH (. 2 years ago on Google
    Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi is a premier government-funded arts organization in India. It is an autonomous institute under the Union Ministry of Culture. It was established in the memory of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, with Kapila Vatsyayan as its founding director. The IGNCA was launched on 19 November 1985 by Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi at a function where the symbolism of the components was clearly articulated at different levels. The elements - fire, water, earth, sky and vegetation - were brought together. Five rocks from five major rivers - Sindhu (Indus), Ganga, Kaveri, Mahanadi and the Narmada (where the most ancient ammonite fossils are found) were composed into sculptural forms. These remain at the site as reminders of the antiquity of Indian culture and the sacredness of her rivers and rocks. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Trust was constituted and registered at New Delhi on 24 March 1987. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, established in memory of Indira Gandhi, is visualised as a centre encompassing the study and experience of all the arts—each form with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual interdependence, interrelated with nature, social structure and cosmology. Its official goals are: to serve as a major resource centre for Indian arts, especially written, oral and visual source materials to conduct research on the arts and humanities, and to publish reference works, glossaries, dictionaries and encyclopedias to establish a tribal and folk arts division with a core collection for conducting systematic scientific studies and live presentations to provide a forum for dialogue through performances, exhibitions, multi-media projections, conferences, seminars and workshops on traditional and contemporary Indian arts to foster dialogue between the arts and current ideas in philosophy, science and technology, with a view toward bridging the gap in intellectual understanding between modern sciences and arts and culture to evolve models of research programmes and arts administration pertinent to the Indian ethos to elucidate the formative and dynamic factors in the complex web of interactions between diverse social strata, communities and regions to interact with other national and international institutions to conduct related research in the arts, humanities and culture
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 aatif m. 4 years ago on Google
    I was there for the exhibition of the culture similarities between India and Iran. It was mesmerising. The way Ramayana has been scripted in India and Iran is spectacular. The similarities in food are wow. One of a kind visit.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Tech & S. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice place to see some Indian made products. Like Bapu did to have own clothes and burn all British clothes, everything from India from every part. Then the art gallery was mesmerism, really what an artist,the art will take you original life.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 lumderamu 4 months ago on Google • 183 reviews
    It is good place to explore the folk and indigenous culture of India

  • 4/5 VIVEK R. 4 years ago on Google
    Library of this centre is very rich.Great ambiance for the study. All the staffs are well behaved and very helpful in nature. Really impressed with all these. But there is one problem. Scholars are disturbed by the frequent calls in the office nearby and chatter of staffs. They should make a sound proof chambers or do something for the solution.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Anil Y. 4 years ago on Google
    I love North East Festival. North East people explore all over the north east by their tradition, dishes, music and lots of activity. They are awesome people.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Manasi Pandya R. 10 months ago on Google
    One of the best places for documentation, research, archiving and programmes with reference to various segments of art, culture, interdisciplinary work and performance studies. Research scholars, eminent artists and seniors from various domains share their knowledge and work. A true hub for knowledge and Indian traditional/ cultural studies and more. Parking available. Auditorium facilities. Library. Resource centre. Cafeteria. Workshops, lectures, classes and more. Walkable distance from Janpath Metro stop.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Arif A. 4 years ago on Google • 34 reviews
    One of the best places to observe and learn much about our own history. The way things started and developed to this day. It gives us a connection to our ancestors of the past. The way they lived their lives and how things like bronze and copper came to use and more unknown interesting facts. So, surely have a go if you are in Delhi. A must visit. Good place.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Madhav K. 5 years ago on Google
    Best place for organizing cultural programme. Environment is nice, easy to reach, protection is also available, field exhibition hall, meeting room, seminar hall are well maintenance, sounds camera, and lights are good, easy to reach by bus, car, cab, auto and metro.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ravi S. 4 years ago on Google
    Awesome place for large events, private and government functions.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Amandeep g. 4 years ago on Google
    I went there for a summit . Actually a cultural and friendship exchange between Russia and India . I got to know many aspect of Indian culture through dance and music . This center is full of knowledge, fun and creativity . It covers huge area and have essential facilities like cafeteria. Really liked the place..
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Shushma S. 2 months ago on Google • 23 reviews New
    This is near by janpath, besides western court, and here you can see Le Meridian hotel, this is the most great place in Central Delhi, also visit ring road gardens, which has unspeakable beauty of nature there, the nearest place is very neat and clean with full of greenery. When you walk little bit ahead for janpath, you can also visit tibet market also tibet shopes. Which I like the most here.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Gaurav M. 2 years ago on Google
    A good place to visit They organize some cultural events Must visit to see the divorce culture of India In these cultural events 👍👍👍
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mr.Legend 1 year ago on Google
    Located in the heart of Delhi, this place is ideal for organizing big events. Two big lawns and big building can be used for large exhibition, carnival and conferences.

  • 5/5 Aditya s. 1 year ago on Google
    I visited this place to watch a live classical music concert. The place has its own vibe. people who has a distinguished intrest in art & culture they must visit this place.

  • 5/5 Golu j. 1 year ago on Google
    I am very much pleased being a participant as artist and as guruji to tech learners of madhubani tantric painting. Many many thanks to savita jha khan madam and Indira Gandhi national center for art .it was great opportunity for participant to exhibit their painting and physically present to assure visitors about their painting agai very very thanks

  • 4/5 Dhiraj Kr N. 1 year ago on Google
    International place for Educational and Cultural purpose, A very nice Institution of India 🇮🇳🙏

  • 5/5 The scary T. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice place❤❤

  • 5/5 Devesh S. 4 years ago on Google
    Lovely place to visit. It is good if you are going there to experience any festival....

  • 4/5 Madhulika L. 4 years ago on Google
    Extensive and beautifully laid out space - manicured lawns, lots of trees, potted plants, etc - with buildings for conferences and events such as exhibitions, lectures, and more. The IGNCA hosts some of Delhi's most prestigious as well as most popular cultural events, all the way from literature festivals to melas, expositions and more. What sort of facilities, catering, crowds, etc you will encounter depends upon the type of event you're going for, but overall, this is a lovely, green area that's nice to visit even if all you want to do is soak in the ambience.

  • 5/5 Anshu D. 2 years ago on Google
    Awesome Experience With Deep Insights with our historical and Revolutionary movement and freedom fighters who fights for us. ❤️🙂💞🤩.


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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