Jawahar Kala Kendra

Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) is a multi arts centre located in Jaipur in India. It was built by Rajasthan government with the purpose of preserving Rajasthani arts and crafts. The centre has been made in eight blocks housing museums, one amphi theatre and the other closed auditorium, library, arts display rooms, cafeteria, small hostel and art-studio. It also houses two permanent art galleries and three other galleries. and host its own theatre festival each year.

Jawahar Kala Kendra, designed by Charles Correa, in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Architecture
Vastu shastra-inspired plan adapted and evolved by modern architect Charles Correa in the design of Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur, Rajasthan.[1]

The design was prepared by the noted architect Charles Correa in 1986 and the building was ready in 1992.[2] The plan is inspired by the original city plan of Jaipur, consisting of nine squares with central square left open.[3]

The Jawahar Kala Kendra adapts and applies concepts from ancient architectural principles called the Vastu Vidya.[1][4]

The centre is an analogue of the original city pIan of Jaipur drawn up by the Maharaja, a scholar, mathematician and astronomer, Jai Singh the Second, in the mid-17th century. His city plan, guided by the Shipla Shastras, was based on the ancient Vedic madala of nine squares or houses which represent the nine planets (including two imaginary ones Ketu and Rahu). Due to the presence of a hill one of the squares was transposed to the east and two of the squares were amalgamated to house the palace.

Correa's plan for the Kendra invokes directly the original navagraha or nine house rnandala. One of the squares is pivoted to recall the original city plan and also to create the entrance. The plan of Jaipur city based on the nine square Yantra in which one square is displaced and two central squares combined. the squares is defined by 8m high wall, symbolic of the fortification wall along the Jaipur old city

Theatre

Rangayan, mihir, Open Theatre, are few of the many theatres housed in JKK.

  • Amphitheatre
  • Pergola
  • Door painted in Rajasthani Art
  • Hastkaar Yantra based on medieval Rajasthani painting
  • Central courtyard, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
  • Ceiling of entrance foyer at Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur
  • Display Area, Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur

References
  1. Sachdev, Vibhuti; Tillotson, Giles (2004). Building Jaipur: The Making of an Indian City. pp. 155–160. ISBN 978-1861891372.
  2. Charles Correa: Exhibitions and Museums website.
  3. Jawahar Kala Kendra Britannica.com
  4. Vibhuti Chakrabarti. Indian Architectural Theory: Contemporary Uses of Vastu Vidya. Routledge. pp. 86–92.

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