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  "type": "article",
  "title": "Guwahati to get a Rs 35-crore museum honouring Bhupen Hazarika's life and music",
  "summary": "Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually laid the foundation stone for a Rs 35-crore museum dedicated to Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika in Guwahati, timed to mark the singer's birth centenary.",
  "content": "Guwahati's Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra is set to get a new museum dedicated to legendary musician and Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika, after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually laid the foundation stone for the project on Tuesday.\n\nA museum built for Hazarika's birth centenary\nThe ceremony was held to mark the birth centenary of Dr Bhupen Hazarika, whose songs and films shaped Assam's cultural identity across generations. The proposed museum will come up on a plot spread across 3.24 bighas within the Kalakshetra campus and is expected to cost around Rs 35 crore to build. Once ready, it will chronicle the singer-composer's life, his creative body of work and his lasting influence on Assam's art and culture.\n\nCentre and state to share the funding\nThe project's finances will be split between two sources. The North East Council will contribute Rs 13 crore of the sanctioned amount, while the Assam government will bear the remaining cost of roughly Rs 20 crore. Together, the two contributions add up to the Rs 35 crore estimated for the museum's construction.\n\nAppeal to preserve memorabilia\nSarma urged people who still hold onto Hazarika's personal belongings, memorabilia and creative works to hand them over to the government. He said such items, once collected, could be preserved and put on display at the museum so that future generations get a chance to see them.\n\nCM pays tribute to the cultural icon\nSpeaking about Hazarika's legacy, the Chief Minister said, \"Some personalities become immortal not merely because of their achievements during their lifetime, but because their creations continue to speak to generations.\"\n\nAn Insta-Reel contest to mark the centenary\nAlongside the museum announcement, the Assam government has also launched an Insta-Reel competition as part of the birth centenary celebrations. The contest is designed to get young people to portray Hazarika's life, his work, his ideals and his humanistic values through short digital videos. It is open to participants between 16 and 45 years of age from across India and abroad. Entrants have to make an original video of up to 30 seconds, post it on their personal Instagram accounts, and then submit the reel formally through a Google Drive link. There is no entry fee to take part, and creators will keep the intellectual property rights over the reels they submit. The best entries in the competition will be given cash prizes.\n\nWhat this means for you\nThis news does not move prices or budgets for readers across the country, but it does open a concrete window for Assam's people, and especially families in Guwahati holding onto pieces of Bhupen Hazarika's legacy, to get involved.\n\n• Across India: Anyone aged 16 to 45, from India or abroad, can enter the Insta-Reel competition. Those who make an original video of up to 30 seconds on Hazarika's life, work and humanistic values and post it on Instagram stand a chance to win cash prizes while keeping the intellectual property rights to their own reel.\n• In Guwahati: The Rs 35-crore museum coming up at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra will give the city a new cultural landmark. Families who still have Hazarika's personal belongings, memorabilia or creative works can now hand them over to the government to be preserved and displayed there for future generations.\n\nWhy this happened\nThe foundation stone was timed to Bhupen Hazarika's birth centenary, meaning the government is using the milestone year to give his legacy a permanent, physical home.\n\n• Birth centenary trigger: The Assam government planned both the museum and the Insta-Reel competition together to mark Hazarika's hundredth birth year.\n• Shared funding model: Of the Rs 35 crore estimated cost, Rs 13 crore comes from the North East Council and around Rs 20 crore from the Assam government itself, giving the project two separate funding sources.\n• Need to preserve scattered memorabilia: The Chief Minister's appeal shows that many of Hazarika's personal belongings and creative works are still held by individual families, which is why the government wants them collected and preserved before they are lost.\n\nQuestions & Answers\n\n1. Who laid the foundation stone for the Bhupen Hazarika museum in Guwahati?\nAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma virtually laid the foundation stone on Tuesday.\n\n2. Where will the museum come up and how big is the plot?\nIt will be built at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati, on a plot spread across 3.24 bighas.\n\n3. How much will the museum cost to build?\nThe project is estimated to cost around Rs 35 crore.\n\n4. Who is funding the project?\nThe North East Council will provide Rs 13 crore, while the Assam government will bear the remaining cost of around Rs 20 crore.\n\n5. Who can take part in the Insta-Reel competition?\nParticipants aged 16 to 45 from across India and abroad can take part.\n\n6. How do participants submit their video for the contest?\nThey must post an original video of up to 30 seconds on their personal Instagram account and then formally submit it through a Google Drive link.",
  "url": "https://trendkia.com/en/assam/guwahati-men-banega-bhupen-hazarika-ka-35-karora-rupaye-ka-myujiyama-29593",
  "category": "Assam",
  "publishedAt": "2026-09-08",
  "tags": [
    "Bhupen Hazarika",
    "Assam",
    "Guwahati",
    "Himanta Biswa Sarma",
    "Museum",
    "Birth Centenary",
    "Insta-Reel Contest"
  ],
  "language": "en",
  "site": "TrendKia"
}