India's
premier institution for music, dance and the performing arts, Sangeet
Natak Akademi has large audio-visual archive. Every year, this
autonomous organization funded by the Government bestows honors on the
outstanding artists in the field of performing arts. It also arranges
performances by renowned veterans and young talented artists as well as
run training programmes and award scholarships. The gallery in this
resource center and museum displays a splendid collection of several
types of Indian folk and classical musical instruments and the elaborate
masks and costumes used by the performer while the library has a
collection of rare and precious volumes that are not easily obtained
elsewhere.
