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{{Short description|Ancestral home of the Tagore family in Kolkata, West Bengal, India}}
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'''Jorasanko Thakur Bari''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: ''House of the [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]s'' (anglicised to ''Tagore'') in [[Jorasanko]], [[North Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]], is the ancestral home of the [[Tagore family]]. It is currently located on the [[Rabindra Bharati University]] campus at 6/4 Dwarakanath Tagore Lane,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari),|url=http://kolkata.clickindia.com/tourism/rabindrabhartimuseum.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69UBhhfgW?url=http://kolkata.clickindia.com/tourism/rabindrabhartimuseum.html|archivedate=28 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Jorasanko, Kolkata 700007.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tagore House (Jorasanko Thakurbari)|url=http://wikimapia.org/184295/Tagore-House-Jorasanko-Thakurbari}}</ref> It is the house in which the poet and first non-European Nobel laureate, [[Rabindranath Tagore]] was born. It is also the place where he spent most of his childhood and died on 7 August 1941.

==Background==
It was built in the 18th century on the land donated by the famous [[Sett (surname)|Sett]] family of [[burrabazar]] to ‘Prince’ [[Dwarkanath Tagore]] ([[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s grandfather). ''Gurudev'' [[Rabindranath Tagore]] (1861–1941) was born here.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jorasanko Thakurbari|url=http://www.ilovekolkata.in/index.php/City-Tour/Jorasanko-Thakurbari.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69UBgvgtf?url=http://www.ilovekolkata.in/index.php/City-Tour/Jorasanko-Thakurbari.html|archivedate=28 July 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Tagore Museum==
The house has been restored to reflect the way the household looked when the Tagore family lived in it and currently serves as the Tagore museum for [[Kolkata]]. It offers details about the history of the Tagore family including its involvement with the [[Bengal Renaissance]] and the [[Brahmo Samaj]].<ref>[http://www.rbu.ac.in/museum/tagore_family/tagore_society.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111073654/http://rbu.ac.in/museum/tagore_family/tagore_society.htm |date=11 November 2013 }} Rabindra Bharati Museum Kolkata</ref>

==Visits and programmes==
[[File:Panchise Baisakh Celebration at Jorasanko Thakur Bari.jpg|thumb|Panchise Baisakh Celebration at Jorasanko Thakur Bari]]
Apart from the heritage routine, Rabindra Bharati University organizes regular cultural programmes on the poet’s birthday, Panchise Baisakh, when thousands flock to Jorasanko Thakur Bari,<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=25&id=105682&usrsess=1 ''Looking at a landmark''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926214847/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=25&id=105682&usrsess=1 |date=26 September 2007 }} The Statesman</ref><ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=104723&usrsess=1 ''Remembering Tagore'', Statesman News Service] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929120004/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=104723&usrsess=1 |date=29 September 2007 }} The Statesman</ref> and on other occasions, such as his death anniversary, Baishe Shravan.<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=48353&usrsess=1 Tram fest tribute to Tagore death anniversary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092142/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=48353&usrsess=1 |date=29 September 2007 }} Statesman News Service</ref> It also organises a festival of arts, Aban Mela.<ref>[http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=24564&usrsess=1 ART REVIEW: Colours of Jorasanko] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929102558/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=24564&usrsess=1 |date=29 September 2007 }} The Statesman</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Jorasanko Thakurbari.jpg|Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata
File:Jorasanko Thakur Bari.jpg|Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Now [[Rabindra Bharati University]]
File:Kolkata Jorasanko Thakurbari.jpg|Jorasanko Thakur Bari Gate on Rabindra Sarani
File:Torana - Jorasanko Thakur Bari - Chittaranjan Avenue - Kolkata 2015-08-04 1653.JPG|Jorasanko Thakur Bari Gate on [[Chittaranjan Avenue]]
File:Jorasanko Mansion - Kolkata.jpg|Inner Verandah of Jorasanko Mansion
</gallery>

==See also==
* Tagore Memorial Museum, at [[Shilaidaha Kuthibadi]], Shilaidaha, Bangladesh
* [[Santiniketan]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.rbu.ac.in/ Rabindra Bharati University Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131111060633/http://rbu.ac.in/museum/about_rb/index.htm Tagore family museum website]
* [http://pib.nic.in/archieve/lreleng/lyr2002/rjul2002/26072002/r2607200224d.html PIB Press Release on Film Awards] - The award for the Best Direction for the Year 2001 was given to Buddhadeb Dasgupta for the film ''Jorasanko Thakurbari'' for artistically unfolding the history of the house of the Tagores.

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Museums in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Houses in India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Rabindranath Tagore]]
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[[Category:Historic house museums in India]]
[[Category:History of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore]]

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