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Shantiniketan (IPA: [ʃantiniketɔn]) is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore , and later expanded by his son, Rabindranath Tagore whose vision became what is now a university town with the ...
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designates World Heritage Sites of outstanding universal value to cultural or natural heritage which have been nominated by countries which are signatories to the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. [1]
Shonajhari trees at Shantiniketan, Birbhum. There are several scenic points of interest, with the sonajhuri trees and red soil being the most famous. Sonajhuri literally means droplets of gold, because during the winter season the sonajhuri trees shed their tiny yellow flowers and the whole forest seems to have a downpour of gold.
Khoai at Shantiniketan. Khoai in Bengali refers to a geological formation specifically in Birbhum, Bardhaman, and Bankura districts of West Bengal, India and some parts of Jharkhand, India that is made up of laterite soil rich in iron oxide, often in the shapes of tiny hills.
Baul song at Poush Mela, 2018 Poush Mela Bazaar, 2012 An exhibition at Poush Mela, 2018 Ferris wheel at Poush Mela A stall display at Poush Mela-Santiniketan-West Bengal. Poush Mela (Bengali: পৌষ মেলা) is an annual fair and festival that takes place in Santiniketan, in Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal, marking the harvest season.
Nandalal Bose (3 December 1882 – 16 April 1966) was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism.. A pupil of Abanindranath Tagore, Bose was known for his "Indian style" of painting.
The special Rabindra Gallery, included her photographs at the time of Shantiniketan, manuscripts of Tagore's Bhanusingha Thakurer Padabali, etc. [9] [10] In this initiative, she was supported by the then Chief Minister of Bengal, Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, and her illustrious husband, Sir Birendranath Mukherjee.