The Gandhi Cultural Centre (TGC) was established in the year 2011 in the city of the Hague. 

The Gandhi Centre is the Cultural wing of the Embassy of India in The Hague. It is supported by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (www.iccr.gov.in), established in the year 1950 to promote and strengthen India’s cultural relations with the rest of the world.

Through the facilitation of cultural and intellectual interaction between India and the Netherlands on both an institutional and individual level, it seeks to foster and promote Indian knowledge and culture within the Netherlands. The TGC aims that the activities it organizes will help strengthen the connections between the people of the two countries on a personal level.

Among the many facets of Indian culture, Yoga has been practiced since ancient times, and TGC offers regular sessions in this discipline in addition to the more familiar ones in Hindi, Indian classical dance, and classical music. TGC hosts events featuring Indian performing and visual arts performed by both local and visiting artists from India. Additionally, it facilitates and collaborates with various Indian performing/visual arts organizations to host events in different venues across the Netherlands. There is also a significant emphasis on academic gatherings and collaboration with Dutch educational establishments. TGC helps students from the Netherlands study in India through several scholarship programs and also on a self-financing basis.

To facilitate beneficial collaboration between Dutch and Indian academic institutions, TGC works closely with Dutch universities, institutions, academies, schools, and organizations to connect them with their Indian counterparts. Festivals and other special events from both India and the Netherlands are often celebrated. It also organizes events with the help of Indian student groups and diaspora communities across the Netherlands.

To learn more about the courses offered at The Gandhi Centre please click on the following:

Yoga 

Kathak

Tabla

Hindi/Sanskrit language

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Krish Gupta
Director
The Gandhi Centre
Parkstraat 99
2514 JH Den Haag
Phone: +31 0703541029
E-mail: culture.thehague@mea.gov.in