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The South Indian Folklore Museum and Archives: The Department made a modest attempt for the establishment of Folklore Museum and Archives in the year 2004. The Pioneering Indian Folklorist Prof. B.Ramaraju inaugurated the Folk museum with around 50 objects. At present nearly 800 artefacts are preserved in the museum. More than 800 hundred hours of digital video documentation of various folk forms of South Indian Languages collected from the fieldwork of the Department Faculty is available in these archives. More than Ten thousand photos reflecting folklore, folk life and folk religion of South India are also accumulated.

Desisiri Pranganam comprising folk museum, a temple representing Sakta tradition of South India, and an open air auditorium for folk performances , is established as a space for outreach programs related to the Department of Folklore and Tribal Studies.

The multicultural nature of Human Development is appreciated through the celebration of World Folklore day by inviting the local communities as well as the folk performers from Four Principal States of South India, who are the cultural agents in spreading the Dravidian Culture through their sub cultures. Community solidarity is fostered through these celebrations thus aiming at both individual and community empowerment.

  contacted below:

1. shyamala.du@gmail.com