Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre

The Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (abbreviated as EZCC) is an autonomous organization under Ministry of Culture (India), Government of India covering the states of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, registered under West Bengal Society Registration Act (Act XXVI of 1961).

[1] Its headquarters in Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, is situated in the Indian state of West Bengal, on account of Kolkata being referred to as the "Cultural Capital of India".

[2][3] This zone is home to three classical dances, namely, Odissi, Sattriya and Manipuri dance; types of music include the classical Odissi music and semi-classical Rabindra Sangeet.

The EZCC was founded in 1985 and since, has been playing a significant role in promoting the numerous ethnic cultural centres and groups of excellence of the eastern parts of the India, with the objective of projection and dissemination of the traditional culture of Eastern India.

To promote the culture in youth there are many competition organise by EZCC in following fields : To preserve this Indian tradition, the EZCC organises various Guru Shishya Parampara schemes, which include: West Bengal's capital Kolkata is the largest city of this region.

A traditional, Pung cholom performer.
Odissi performer
A Manipuri performer strikes an evocative pose.
An exhibition of painting and sculpture is going on at the Academy of Fine Arts, in the city of joy Kolkata .
The Mohiniyattam is being performed to commemorate of 150th birth anniversary of Tagore. It was an Indo-Bangladesh joint celebration in 2011 in Kolkata .