The main hall for dance, drama, music and public lectures, and the room the community meets in. It gives Guyanese Madrasi drumming and Bharatanatyam a proper stage.
Inside the Mandram
Each zone of the Thamizh Thurai village has a permanent counterpart here. The stage becomes an auditorium, the indenture gallery a museum, the genealogy desk an archive.
The main hall for dance, drama, music and public lectures, and the room the community meets in. It gives Guyanese Madrasi drumming and Bharatanatyam a proper stage.
The story of the Tamils of Guyana from the indenture ships of 1838–1917 to today: emigration passes, photographs, temple arts and household objects.
Ship manifests, estate records and oral histories, with archivists who help families trace a village of origin.
A reading room and the on-site home of the Tamil Virtual Library: literature, manuscripts and digital learning resources.
Practice rooms for music, dance and instruments, with visiting teachers from Tamil Nadu and the diaspora.
Tamil language classes for children and adults, youth leadership programs and workshops in kolam, silambam and parai.
From conference to campus
The center is developed in phases on the Devasthanam campus. Dates are confirmed as funding and approvals land.
Build it with us
Guyana Tamil Devasthanam Inc. is a registered not-for-profit. Every contribution to the center is receipted and reported.