Efficient and reliable transportation is a basic requirement to explore the rich cultural and natural beauty of Santiniketan. An efficient and reliable transportation service ensures seamless travel to and from popular attractions, making your journey as enjoyable as the destination itself. Santiniketan has taken a step forward in convenience with the launch of the Pothik … Read more
Basanta Utsav literally means the ‘celebration of spring’. Falgun and Chaitra according to the Bengali calendar is the season of Dol Utsav. During this season nature shows its own beauty with colorful flowers of Palash, Shimul etc. The beautiful tradition of celebrating spring festival in Bengal was first started by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore at … Read more
Nandan Mela, the art fair organized by Kala Bhavana on its campus, on 1st and 2nd December every year before the birthday of Nandalal Bose, to commemorate his birth anniversary. Nandalal Bose took charge of Kala Bhavana in 1922 and is considered to be the man who shaped the institute. The master-artist believed that a … Read more
After a long four-year period, Visva-Bharti and Santiniketan Trust will conduct the glorious Poush Mela 2024 (also spelled as Pous Mela; in Bengali this is ‘পৌষ মেলা’) at Santiniketan. The last mela was celebrated in the year 2019 by Visva-Bharti and Santiniketan Trust. After that, Bolpur-Santiniketan Poush Mela was conducted by the Government of West … Read more
The history of Pous Mela (Poush Mela) coincides with the ceremonial opening of the Upasana Griha (Prayer Hall) of Santiniketan. The opening day celebration of the Bhramha Prayer Hall in Santiniketan was held on 21 December 1891 (7th Poush 1298 of Bengali Calendar). In 1888, the Santiniketan Trust Deed was drawn; provision was made for … Read more
Sonajhuri Haat (Sonajhurir Haat) is situated along the canal of the Mayurakshi River after Shyambati in Khoai forest, within the wide landscape full of tall Sonajhuri trees and red soil, which is a valley of uneven red soil and beautiful trees (Sonajhuri). The Haat is organized on Saturdays from 3 pm to dusk. Although artisans … Read more
Santiniketan is situated at a distance of around 212 km from Kolkata by road. Reaching Santiniketan is not so difficult. One can reach here by road, rail, or air. Air: The nearest airport is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Kolkata Airport). From here, Santiniketan is connected by road and rail. Rail: Bolpur-Santiniketan is the … Read more
The Gitanjali or `Song Offerings’ by Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941), Nobel prize for literature 1913, with an introduction by William B. Yeats (1865–1939), Nobel prize for literature 1923. First published in 1913. This work is in public domain according to the Berne convention since January 1st 1992. RABINDRANATH TAGORE GITANJALI Song OfferingsA collection of prose translationsmade … Read more
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