Indira Gandhi University Khairagarh

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Indira Kala Sangeet University /( Indira Gandhi University )is a public university situated in Khairagarh, Rajnandgaon district, Chhattisgarh, India.

In 1956 King Birendra Bahadur Singh and Queen Padmavati Devi, the then King and Queen of the small generous state of Khairagarh, donated their palace to open a university of music, dance and visual arts.

The university was named after their departed daughter Indira Devi who died young and was tender of music.

It was run under the Government of Madhya Pradesh until the creation of Chhattisgarh. It is asia's first musical university.

The Departments are :-

The university is divided into following sections:
Department of Music
Department of Dance
Department of Visual Arts
Department of Folk Music
Department of Arts
Department of dizenging

Facilities

The university has collection of more than 40,000 books and a good number of audiotapes, CDs and video slides of Indian masters of Painting.

Listening facilities are available for the students.

The university also has a collection of works of the modern master painters of India, folk and tribal artists of different regions.

It has a mini musical-instrument gallery having a collection of classical and folk musical instruments.

There is a mini archaeological museum with a collection of regional archaeological art collections and documentation.

The university provides hostel facilities to both the male and female students. Accommodations are available for overseas students as well.

All teaching instructions will be given in English for the foreign students.

Contact Address:
Indira Kala Sangeet University
Khairagarh, Chhattisgarh 491881
Phone:078202 34232