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Published : 12 Mar 2016, 12:35 AM
The cultural centre of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, IGCC, was inaugurated on Mar 11, 2010.
In the last six years, the cultural centre has earned a reputation for organising events aimed at promoting Indian and Bangladeshi art, music and culture, apart from offering training in various genres of music, dance, painting, yoga and the Hindi language.
The Dhanmondi centre mostly functions as a teaching academy while the Gulshan centre is home to a library and an auditorium. Both centres host cultural programmes.
Music, dance, yoga mark the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre’s founding day celebration in Dhaka
Hindi teacher Aparna Pandey and her students sang a chorus titled ‘Itni Shakti Hamein Dena Data’, while a Qawaali was presented by Hindustani Classical Vocal Music Teacher Santosh Kumar Mishra and his students.
Yoga Teacher Brajesh Singh and his students demonstrated yoga while dance teacher Sankari Mridha presented a Bharatnatyam.
Dance Teacher Warda Rihab and her students also presented a Manipuri dance titled ‘Leichen’ in the main auditorium of the National Museum.
Prime Minister’s International Affairs Advisor Gowher Rizvi, who enjoyed the entire evening with his spouse, thanked the IGCC for its role of connecting the two peoples through cultural activities.
He said culture was “the greatest contributor” in India-Bangladesh relations.
Music, dance, yoga mark the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre’s founding day celebration in Dhaka
The two countries have shared a cultural history with common poets and writers.
The two sides expressed their satisfaction at the level of cultural exchanges in the joint declaration issued during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh in June last year.
With his counterpart Sheikh Hasina, he also exchanged documents on cultural exchange programmes for the years 2015-2017.
