Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre

The Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCC's) represent the effort on the part of the Government and the people to preserve and protect our rich cultural heritage and to bring it closer to the lives of the people. With each state or Union Territory belonging to at least one Zonal Cultural Centre. The objectives of the Centres include preservation, innovation, promotion and dissemination of the various art forms covering the broad disciplines of music, dance, theatre, visual arts, literary activities and craft traditions, with special focus on old and dying art forms within the constituent states. The Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) covering the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal and the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is one of the seven such Zonal Cultural Centres set up by the Government of India with a view to culturally integrate the States and Union Territories as a part of the Programme of National Integration.