Cultural Affairs Department, Kerala

The Department of Cultural Affairs' mission is to protect and promote all artistic and cultural forms, highlighting the state's rich cultural heritage. The Department's range of responsibilities is quite broad, from fostering worldwide cultural exchanges to raising cultural awareness at the local level. The Department's initiatives support and promote a range of modern creative arts in addition to the state's cultural heritage protection programs. The Department's goal is to provide strategies for maintaining people's fundamental cultural and aesthetic senses. In order to achieve this, the Department of Cultural Affairs carries out initiatives that adhere to the Kerala government's Cultural Policy. The directorate and various independent organizations/societies carry out the activities.

Allied Institutes of Department of Cultural Affairs

• A. R. Rajarajavarma Smaraka Samithi

• Bharat Bhavan

• Centre for Heritage Studies

• Cherayi Sahodharan Ayyappan Smaraka Samithi

• Cultural Workers' Welfare Fund Board

• Department of Archaeology

• Department of Archives

• Directorate of Culture

• Govinda Pai Smaraka Samithy

• Guru Gopinath Natana Gramam

• Jawahar Bala Bhavan Thrissur      

• Kerala Council for Historical Research(KCHR)

• Kerala Folklore Academy

• Kerala Kalamandalam

• Kerala Lalithakala Academy

• Kerala Sahitya Akademi

• Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi

• Kerala State Book Mark

• Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

• Kerala State Cultural Activists Welfare Fund Board

• Kerala State Film Development Corporation Ltd

• Kerala State Institute of Children's literature - KSICL (Balasahithya Institute)

• Konkani Sahithya Academy

• Kumaran Asan National Institute of Culture

• Kumaranasan Smarakam

• Kunjan nambiar smarakam, Palakkad       

• Kunjunnimash Smarakam

• Mahakavi Moyinkutty Vaidyar Mappila Kala Academy

• Malayalam Mission

• Mayyanad C. Kesavan Smarakom

• Museum and Zoo Department

• Narendraprasad Smaraka Nadaka Padana Gaveshana Kendram

• O. V. Vijayan Smarakam

• Official Language Department

• Parthi Subbah Yakshagana Samithi

• Sarasakavi Mulur Smarakom

• Sreenarayana International Study Centre

• State Central Library

• State Institute of Languages

• Thakazhi Smarakam

• The State Institute of Encyclopaedic Publications

• Thunchan Memorial Trust

• Tulu Academy

• Unnaiwarrier Smaraka Kala Nilayam

• Urdu Academy

• Vaikom Muhammad Basheer Smaraka Trust

• Vastuvidya Gurukulam

• Vyloppilly Samskrithi Bhavan