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- 1Seven Regional Art and Cultural Centersப.2
Seven Regional Art and Cultural Centres - Kancheepuram, Salem, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai, Tirunelveli and Coimbatore - cover all 38 districts.
- 2Government Music College, Chennai was established in the year 1949ப.11
Government Music Colleges by year: Chennai 1949, Madurai 1979, Coimbatore 1993 and Thiruvaiyaru 1997, the last also offering a Ph.D. in Music.
- 3monthly stipend of Rs.1500/-ப.15
Students of Government Music Colleges get Rs.1,500 a month for ten months; District Government Music School students Rs.1,000.
- 417 District Government Music Schoolsப.15
17 District Government Music Schools teach three-year certificate courses in vocal music, Bharatanatyam, Nadaswaram, Thavil, Thevaram, violin and mridangam to 1,026 students.
- 5which was established in the year 1850ப.16
The Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, established in 1850, is one of the oldest colleges in India; Kumbakonam followed in 1887.
- 6Madurai at an estimated cost of Rs.1.58 crore onப.18
A new Government College of Fine Arts opened at Madurai on 01.09.2025 in the World Tamil Sangam premises, at Rs.1.58 crore.
- 7Architecture and Sculpture, Mamallapuram was established in the year 1957ப.18
The Government College of Architecture and Sculpture, Mamallapuram dates from 1957 and teaches B.Tech in Traditional Architecture and B.F.A. in traditional sculpture and painting.
- 8established on 14.11.2013 through the Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University Act, 2013ப.20
The Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University was established on 14.11.2013 under the Act of 2013 and renamed for Dr. J. Jayalalithaa in 2020. Nine colleges are affiliated to it, plus the MGR Film Institute and 40 off-campus centres.
- 9age group of 5 to 16 yearsப.22
Jawahar Siruvar Manrams train children aged 5 to 16 at 60 locations - 32 district centres, 26 extension centres and 2 rural centres - with 6,480 children enrolled.
- 10Vocal Music, Bharatanatyam, Folk Dance, Drama, Gymnastics, Karateப.23
Part-time training at Siruvar Manrams spans vocal music, Bharatanatyam, folk dance, drama, gymnastics, karate, computer, keyboard, drums, tailoring, drawing, screen printing, yoga and silambam.
- 11'Kalaichemmal Awards'ப.27
Six Kalaichemmal Awards a year honour traditional and contemporary painters and sculptors with Rs.1,00,000 each; 39 traditional and 70 contemporary artists have received the title so far.
- 12Rs.15,000/- and a certificate of appreciation are given to 30 artists in the senior categoryப.28
The State Level Art Exhibition gives Rs.15,000 to 30 senior artists (above thirty) and Rs.10,000 to 20 junior artists, with Rs.10,000 each to ten art teachers and ten authors on art.
- 13one-man shows to 10 artistsப.29
Rs.25,000 supports a one-man show for each of ten artists and Rs.50,000 a group show for each of five groups, at Rs.5 lakh a year.
- 14South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur is an autonomous bodyப.30
The South Zone Cultural Centre at Thanjavur, established 1986, is an autonomous body of the Union Ministry of Culture serving five southern States and three Union Territories.
- 15‘Chennai Sangamam – Namma Ooru Thiruvizha’ப.31
Chennai Sangamam - Namma Ooru Thiruvizha was inaugurated on 14.01.2026 with programmes at 20 places in Chennai costing Rs.8.58 crore and over 1,500 artistes.
- 1625 part time folk art training centresப.32
Rs.2 crore started 25 part-time folk art training centres from 2024-25 to keep folk forms alive; 1,448 persons are training in 2026-27.
- 17“The Great Indian Summer Mela”ப.33
Cultural programmes abroad in 2025-26: The Great Indian Summer Mela at Moscow in July 2025, Thaipoosam devotional music in Mauritius, and performances in Mauritius and Seychelles in April 2026.
- 18‘Bharathi’ award for Literatureப.39
The Eyal Isai Nataka Manram confers three All India awards - the Bharathi award for literature, the M.S. Subbulakshmi award for music and the Balasaraswathi award for dance.
- 192,014 artistes have been conferredப.40
The Kalaimamani award carries a three-sovereign (24 gram) gold medal; 2,014 artistes have received it. Awards for 2021, 2022 and 2023 went to 93 artists on 10.10.2025 at Rs.3.39 crore.
- 20Porkizhiப.40
Porkizhi gives Rs.1,00,000 to ten senior Kalaimamani artistes in indigent circumstances; aged indigent artistes get Rs.3,000 a month and Rs.25,000 goes to families of deceased renowned artistes.
- 21Rs.10,000/- each to 500 folk artistesப.41
500 folk artistes and troupes get Rs.10,000 each for instruments and costumes, and Rs.1.50 lakh supports the staging of a new drama or dance drama.
- 22free travel on Tamil Nadu Government Transport Corporation busesப.42
Rs.1 crore a year funds free bus travel for Kalaimamani awardees, with an assistant travelling free once the awardee is over 60.
- 23State Department of Archaeology was established in 1961ப.46
The State Department of Archaeology was established in 1961 to identify and conserve monuments, excavate, document inscriptions and set up site museums.
- 243345 BCEப.47
AMS and OSL dates from 2172 BCE to 3345 BCE were obtained from Telunganur, Mangadu, Kilnamandi, Mayiladumparai, Adichanallur and Sivagalai. The 3345 BCE date from Sivagalai is among the earliest for iron in India - iron technology in Tamil Nadu 5,300 years ago.