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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Himalaya International Festival-2011

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himalayaworldmuseum: Gangtok, Sikkim, India; The Himalaya World Museum has been conceived, design and curate by Professor Omprakash Bharti an eminent ethnomusicologist and dramaturge. The Himalaya World Museum can be termed as a unique International Museum of India, where about 500 artefacts of the Himalaya regions of India (Kashmir, Laddakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) and Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and other countries has been displayed. The Museum has been initially curate at the camp office of Bhuttabari in the Darjeeling District of India, while two acres of land beside Bagdogra Airport has been acquired for constructing its main building. By 2021, the goal behind the making of this Museum will be achieved. The Museum has been maintained and administrating by Himalayan Heritage Research & Development Society (HHRDS) a Sikkim- based national NGO.

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