Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra

Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra is a cultural institution and museum complex located in Panjabari, Guwahati, Assam. Established in 1998 and named after the 15th-century saint-reformer Srimanta Sankaradeva, it preserves and promotes Assamese and Northeastern culture. The complex includes a Central Museum, open-air museum with traditional huts, art gallery, library, auditorium and open-air theatre, showcasing artifacts, crafts and heritage of Assam's diverse ethnic communities.

Visitors can expect a large cultural complex spread over landscaped grounds with a Central Museum displaying traditional costumes, masks, jewellery and artifacts of Assam's ethnic groups, an open-air museum with life-size replicas of traditional houses of various tribes, a Lalit-Kala Bhavan art gallery, Sahitya Bhavan library, Rang Ghar open-air theatre, and an Artists' Village. The site offers exhibitions, cultural performances, light-and-sound shows and souvenir shops focused on Assamese heritage.

The Kalakshetra was conceived in the 1980s following the Assam Accord and established to preserve and promote the cultural heritage of Assam. Named after Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449-1568), the 15th-16th century saint, scholar, artist and social reformer who propagated Ekasarana Dharma and enriched Assamese culture. The complex was inaugurated on 9 November 1998 by then Governor Lt. Gen. S. K. Sinha.

The institution is dedicated to Srimanta Sankaradeva and serves as a premier centre for Assamese and Northeastern culture. It showcases the traditions, crafts, performing arts and lifestyles of Assam's diverse ethnic communities including Bodo, Mishing, Karbi, Rabha and others, and hosts cultural festivals, exhibitions, theatre and dance performances to promote and preserve regional heritage.