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programmes with different countries and sends and receives several writers'
delegations every year besides taking part in literary festivals and book fairs
abroad.
Sahitya Akademi Library in New Delhi is one of the very few multilingual
libraries which cater solely to literature. With a rich collection of books on
literature and literary traditions in 24 recognized Indian languages, this library
is one of its kind. In addition to this library, Sahitya Akademi has libraries in its
regional offices in Mumbai, Kolkata and Bengaluru. Total number of registered
members of Sahitya Akademi library is 13,219; total number of books in the
library is 1,72,000 and the library attracts about 150 members every day. For
better dissemination of literature in all the twenty four recognized Indian
languages, Sahitya Akademi annually participates in about 180 book fairs and
exhibitions across the country.
Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts
The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) is a national level
academic research centre encompassing the study and experience of all the
arts, classical and folk, written and oral, ancient and modern. Located in the
heart of New Delhi, IGNCA is an autonomous trust under the Ministry of
Culture. It has a rich collection of resources covering a wide range of disciplines,
including archaeology, anthropology, history, philosophy, language & literature,
arts and crafts of India, south Asia, south east Asia and west Asia. IGNCA has
a multi-lingual Library Kalanidhi of nearly 200,000 books, 175 journals and an
extensive collection of rare books. The reference library is open and accessible
to all. It includes: 100,000 slides on various facets of Indian Arts comprising
paintings, sculptures, architecture, illustrated manuscripts and performing arts.
Microfilm versions of manuscripts in Sanskrit, Pali, Persian and Arabic from
nearly a hundred libraries in India and other countries. Audio-visual collections
of around 15,000 hours of rare and priceless recordings of music and dance,
documentation of lifestyles, performances and photographs. Over a hundred
DVDs have been published and are available for sale. The Media Centre also
has the facility of computer kiosks to enable research scholars to view videos
from our archives for research purposes.
The Kalakosa Division engages in research and publication of critical
editions of classical texts of Indian arts and aesthetics along with translations,
commentaries and also publishes analytical interpretative works of eminent
scholars of Indian arts and Architecture. It is bringing out volumes on Indian
key concepts under the Kalatattvakosa Series, on fundamental texts under the
Kalamulasastra Series and Analytical and Interpretation writing on
Kalasamalocana Series. This division is also bringing out volumes on area
studies. Lifestyle studies form a core of IGNCA's academic activities. The
division named Janapada Sampada facilitates scholars in pursuing the cultures
of several communities in India. Their traditions and art forms, folk arts, fairs
and festivals are studied and documented. The Rock Art Unit focuses on
documenting rock art in the context of archaeological, psycho-analytical and