Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya organised a special programme on the occasion of ‘library Day’. The birth anniversary of renowned mathematician and librarian, SR Ranganathan is celebrated as the library Day. Commemorating the day, Sangrahalaya organised a special exhibitions of books on 'North-East of India'.
The exhibition presents books on various subjects like society, food, dance & music, tourism etc in context of North-Eastern states to the visitors of the museum. The exhibition has been inaugurated by Prof Sarit Kumar Choudhuri (Director, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya). Speaking on this occasion, librarian& Official language Officer, Pratibha Som said, "It is very important day for every library in the country. This exhibition provides rare books on North-East with immense scope of research".
Artists from Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday gave live demonstration of lime making at Traditional Technology Park of the museum. The demonstration was attended by 150 students from School of Planning and Architecture and understood the process from the experts. On this occasion, Soma Kiro (Programme Coordinator) and P Shankar Rao briefed about the benefits of traditional technologies and explained in detail 'Sunnapubatti'.
In north coastal Andhra Pradesh there is a community called Nagavansam-the traditional lime stone collector, maker and seller community. The community has an expertiose to easily identify and explore the lime stone deposits. They have traditional earthen furnace Sunnapubatti for firing of raw lime stone. Sunnapubattis are round earthen chambers for firing lime stone.