Indira Gandhi National Center Information :

Location:1, C. V. Mess, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001 (India)
Time to Visit:On all Government working days.
Preferred Timings: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Admission Fee:Free and open to all
Nearest Railway Station: New Delhi Railway Station
Nearest Metro Station: Patel Chowk
Functional Metro Station: Patel Chowk
Nearest International Airport: Indira Gandhi International Airport
Time required for sightseeing: Approx 50 minutes   

Indira Gandhi National Center in Delhi:

The centre laid importance on the elements of the universe that is fire, water, earth, sky and vegetation would be brought together. The best ammonite fossils were designed to give a sculptural form. The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi has got five trees which are momentous in Indian civilization. The trees were planted by late Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi.

The art forms which are depicted in the museum are to study critical literature, creative and cultural details. The museum represents the art form in visual or oral forms. The art forms are detailed in the concept of human environment. Sculptures, paintings, photography and film are the best ways that are adopted in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi to organize the details of the cultural forms.

The distributed forms of art and culture are well displayed in the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. The centre has made collaboration with the UNDP to preserve and ensure equal diffusion of the cultural forms.The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi organizes various research, creative acts, performances, festivals and fairs to ensure best cultural dissemination. The most recent form that the centre has developed is the multimedia and animation activities through which the cultural forms of India are shown. The centre functions both in a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary ways.


The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delh is free and open to all and the preferred time to visit the place is morning 10am to evening 5pm. The place remains in all the government working days. The Patel Chowk metro station is very near to the place. Other than the metro they can take up the local buses and taxies also. The place is interesting both to the local people and the foreigners. Anybody interested in the cultural phenomenon are attracted to this place.

Special Event / Annual Event:

The Kala Darsana division of the IGNCA organizes different programmes and festivals at the exhibition space of the centre known as Matigarh aimed at promoting and highlighting the diverse arts and cultures. The details of the events are well advertised in advance.

Nearby Tourist Attractions :

Rastrapati Bhawan, India Gate, Gurudwara Bangla Sahib and Hanuman Mandir

How to Reach:

Tourists can either take local buses from various points within the city to reach the centre or they can hire auto-rickshaws and taxis or metro rail.