Act Number: 6

Act Name: The Kalakshetra Foundation Act, 1993

Year: 1994

Enactment Date: 1994-01-04

Long Title: An Act to declare Kalakshetra of Madras to be an institution of national importance to provide for the establishment and incorporation of a Foundation for its administration, to make provisions for further development of Kalakshetra in accordance with the aims and objects for which Kalakshetra was founded and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Culture

Department:

Section 9: The objects of Foundation.
    The objects of the Foundation shall be,--
         (i) to emphasise the essential unity of all true arts;
         (ii) to work for the recognition of the arts as vital to the individual, national and international growth;
         (iii) to maintain the highest traditions of art and culture in their pristine purity and in conformity with traditions;
         (iv) to arrange for the training, research, study, teaching and development of art and science, music, dance-drama, fine arts, and Bharat-Natyam; and
         (v) to ensure that the principles of "education without fear" and "art without vulgarity" are adhered to in the activities of the Foundation and not to permit any deviation from these high ideals
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