The academy had been functioning in a rented premise in the Mangaluru City Corporation building at Lalbagh.
The new building was inaugurated by Dakshina Kannada district- in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai yesterday.
The bhavan, spread in an area of about 50,000 sq ft, has a cellar for parking vehicles. The building comprised an administrative office, library, workshop hall, guest rooms, interaction hall and a 200-seat-capacity auditorium, with green room and other facilities.
The government had sanctioned Rs 4.8 crore to the building of which Rs 4 crore had been released.
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