Jorasanko Thakur Bari (Bengali: House of the Thakurs (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,[1] Jorasanko, Kolkata 700007.[2] 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 family of burrabazar to ‘Prince’ Dwarkanath Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore's grandfather). Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was born here.[3]
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.[4]
Visits and programmes
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,[5][6] and on other occasions, such as his death anniversary, Baishe Shravan.[7] It also organises a festival of arts, Aban Mela.[8]
Gallery
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Jorasanko Thakurbari, Kolkata
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Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Now Rabindra Bharati University
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Jorasanko Thakur Bari Gate on Rabindra Sarani
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Jorasanko Thakur Bari Gate on Chittaranjan Avenue
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Inner Verandah of Jorasanko Mansion
See also
- Tagore Memorial Museum, at Shilaidaha Kuthibadi, Shilaidaha, Bangladesh
- Santiniketan
References
- ↑ Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari),.
- ↑ Tagore House (Jorasanko Thakurbari).
- ↑ Jorasanko Thakurbari.
- ↑ [1] Template:Webarchive Rabindra Bharati Museum Kolkata
- ↑ Looking at a landmark Template:Webarchive The Statesman
- ↑ Remembering Tagore, Statesman News Service Template:Webarchive The Statesman
- ↑ Tram fest tribute to Tagore death anniversary Template:Webarchive Statesman News Service
- ↑ ART REVIEW: Colours of Jorasanko Template:Webarchive The Statesman
External links
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- Rabindra Bharati University Website
- Tagore family museum website
- 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.