To promote rich culture of Telugu states the Ministry of Culture intends to set up a regional centre of SNA in Hyderabad.
Published Mar 15, 2023 | 5:42 PM ⚊ Updated Mar 15, 2023 | 5:42 PM
Kishan Reddy stated that if the scheme is implemented, the rural people will get property certificates for their houses and provide them with financial stability. (Twitter)
Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday, 15 March, requested Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to identify and allot 10 acres of government land in Hyderabad for setting up a regional centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA).
“If suitable land is allotted, the SNA will develop a state-of-the-art regional centre and a leading cultural space that will foster the cultural growth of the state,” he said in a letter addressed to the chief minister.
At the same time, the availability of infrastructure such as pre-existing structures and buildings will expedite the Ministry of Culture and SNA’s efforts in commencing the centre at the earliest, Reddy said.
According to Union Minister, Telangana was endowed with a rich and diverse intangible cultural heritage that includes dance forms such as Perini Sivatandavam that have been patronised by the Kakatiya dynasty and traditional forms of story-telling such as Golla Suddulu, Oggu Kathalu, Gotralu and Chindu Bhagavatam.
Telangana’s large tribal population also gives an opportunity to showcase unique dance forms such as Gusadi, Lambadi, Mayuri and Dhimsa.
Apart from this, Telangana is also a bridge between northern and southern India as a home to several elements of syncretic intangible cultural heritage.
One of the mandates of SNA, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Culture and an apex body in the field of performing arts in the country is the preservation and promotion of this vast Intangible Cultural Heritage of India’s diverse culture expressed in forms of music, dance and drama.
Wrote to Telangana CM KCR to provide land for @MinOfCultureGoI to set up a dedicated Regional Centre of @sangeetnatak.
SNA will specifically promote Telangana's rich cultural heritage of music, folk & tribal arts.
I look forward to his co-operation so work can start immediately pic.twitter.com/CbKvCgBG5d
— G Kishan Reddy (Modi Ka Parivar) (@kishanreddybjp) March 15, 2023
The SNA now has two constituent units, the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy (JNMDA) at Imphal, and Kathak Kendra in Delhi.
Besides the constituent units, the Akademi presently has five centres: Kutiyattam Kendra in Thiruvananthapuram for preserving and promoting the age-old Sanskrit theatre of Kerala, Sattriya Kendra in Guwahati for promoting the Sattriya traditions of Assam and North-East Centre in Guwahati for preserving the traditional and folk performing art traditions of north-eastern India.
North-East Documentation Centre in Agartala is for festival and field documentation in the northeast while Chhau Kendra in Chandankiyari is for promoting Chhau Dances of eastern India.
To further promote the rich cultural heritage of Telugu states — Telangana and Andhra Pradesh — the Ministry of Culture now intends to set up a regional centre of SNA in Hyderabad.
The Akademi has no presence in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh so far.
The centre is envisaged for the promotion of research and documentation of music, folk and tribal arts, theatre and puppetry as all other regional centres of SNA cater to dance form.
Infrastructural requirements of the centre would include a library, documentation centre and an auditorium for performing art including multifunctional space beside the office space.
In this request, the ministry requests to identify and allot suitable land on priority for setting up the regional centre, he added.
