Santiniketan, or the 'abode of peace' cannot be confined to the strict definition of an academic university. This area … Santoshalaya, a single-storey house with a tiled roof is named after Santoshchandra Majumdar, one of the first students of the Santiniketan Vidyalaya. At Santiniketan the environment is always present in one"s consciousness. The structures belonging to this earliest phase of development include the Ashram, Santiniketan Griha, Upasana Mandir (Prayer hall). The Satyagraha Ashram was founded on May 25, 1915 in Ahmedabad at Kochrab, when Gandhi returned from South Africa, with 25 inmates. The school library has hundreds of volumes of books spanning diverse domains of knowledge to encourages the love of reading and learning. and his home is a place of historical importance. It was built as an arts academy forming an extension to the Theosophical Society. 'Jana Gana Mana' 'composed by Tagore , was selected as free India's national anthem after it gained independence in 1947, but was composed by Tagore in late 1911. In one sense he may be regarded as the victim of the interchange, and in another as its prophet. Gurudev Period (Rabindranath Tagore) 1901-1941. The structures in these institutes constitute a myriad of architectural expressions which are as diverse as the Kalo Bari, a mud structure with coal tar finish and sculpture panels, Mastermoshai studio, a single storied structure built for the first principal of Kala Bhavan, Nandalal Bose, murals and paintings on Cheena and Hindi Bhavan, created by the illustrious artists like Benodebehari Mukhopadhyay, Nandalal Bose, Surendranath Kar, Somnath Hore with active involvement of students. Visva Bharti was a place where 'the world would form a single nest' using a combination of various elements including education of children, nature loving environment, use of music and arts for emotional development, social work to help neighbouring villages, promotion of rural development through Sriniketan and research on philosophy, cultures etc. Festival || Teesta National Park || Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary Not only was it enriched by being the site of the artistic creations of some of the best known artists of modern India, its art school was arguably the best in the country. In only the second year of its existence, Santiniketan had its first foreign student in Hori San from Japan. Gandhi stayed at the Ashram from 1915 to 1933 after which the Ashram was disbanded. Panthasala: In 1925 Hirabai, widow of Liladhar Thakkar of Bombay donated Rs 15,200 to construct a restroom for travellers and a well and water trough to provide drinking water to travellers and beasts. When Rabindranath came to live in Konark, Rathindranath and his wife lived in an outhouse by its side. It was to be a low-cost structure and would serve as a model house for villagers. and his home is a place of historical importance. The township was founded on barren land and now has transformed into a green belt with a large variety of flora and fauna. Association with Rabindranath Tagore's work and ideas (Criterion vi). In front of this building on a wall, Nandalal created a mural depicting Halakarshana a ploughing festival introduced by Rabindranath to honour the tiller of the soil. Prestige Shantiniketan – dont le nom signifie littéralement « demeure de paix » en hindi – est l’un des tout premiers projets immobiliers multifonctionnels de grande ampleur construits dans la région de Bangalore. That of Tagore was less obvious, but subtler and deeper, for it released and fed the hidden fountains of creative activity in fields which the politician is power. Most of the houses built after 1919 in Santiniketan and all the five houses in Uttarayana were designed by Surendranath Kar (1892-1970). Uttarayan Complex away from Shantiniketan. At Shantiniketan, we understand the importance of reading and try to cultivate a habit of reading in the children at a young age. This experiment combined the introduction of new methods in farming and forestry, and the creation of related industries, with the promotion of the arts and crafts, the founding of a co-educational boarding school and other educational experiments, and the care and conservation of buildings and landscape. States in After the death of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, his son Rathindranath took over the mantle of his father at Santiniketan. Other activities helpful to increase self confidence and dearing of a child. In his last letter to Mahatma Gandhi Tagore said that 'Visva Bharati is like a vessel carrying the cargo of my life's best treasure and I hope it may claim special care from my countrymen for its preservation'. The Vishva Bharati University is dedicated in cultivating lofty human ideals and cultural values in the students. INSTITUTES OF VISVA BHARATI: In 1922, Visva Bharati was inaugurated as a Centre for Culture with exploration into the arts, language, humanities, music and these are reflected in diverse institutes that continue in their educational programmes, which are based on the founding principles of excellence in culture and culture studies. He originally named it Brahmacharya Ashram in the tradition of ancient forest hermitages. Sriniketan is the earliest experiment in rural reconstruction in India that Tagore began and was later followed by Mahatma Gandhi in his ashrams at Wardha and Sewagram. Taladhwaj, a round mud hut with a thatched roof built around a taal tree (toddy palm) with part of its trunk and its huge palm leaves stretching out over the top, was built for Tejeschandra Sen, a treelover who would even share his lodging with one! Periods of Significance: Historical Layers, Maharishi Period (Land purchased and ashram built by Maharishi Debendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore) Late 19th century: 1895 onwards. Tagore revived the ancient Indian model of Tapoban, or penance in a forest, interpreting it though an educational model aimed at 'cultivation of feeling' (bodher tapasya/sadhana) as opposed to education of the senses and intellect. Mela || Vishnupur A short cultural program was organized online using the ZOOM Platform and streamed Live on Youtube. The walls of this house have frescoes prepared by artists of the twenties. The Santals on either side of the main door and on the eastern corner were by Ramkinkar Baiz. Founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1901 and located about a hundred and fifty eight kilometers northwest of Kolkata in Bengal's rural hinterland, Santiniketan represents the distillation of Rabindranath Tagore's life, philosophy and greatest works through his lifetime and the continuing legacy of his unique model of education and internationalism through a living institution and architectural ensemble. A bronze bell hanging from the structure would, at one time, regulate the classes and other events held during the day. His inclusive nationalism and non-parochial interpretation of India's history became a powerful agent of ideas for the freedom movement that Gandhi and Nehru led between the two world wars.8 Nehru's famous foreign policy of 'non-alignment' sought to avoid taking sides in the Cold War. Par sa taille (près de 40 hectares), il annonce l’avènement d’un nouveau type de projets immobiliers, beaucoup plus massifs. Surul Kuthibari: Rabindranath purchased this building in 1912. Santiniketan is one of the avant garde visions of an international educational and cultural institution conceptualized in the beginning of the 20th century. His idea was that children should be surrounded with the things of nature that have their own educational value. Built out of a donation by Satyendraprasanna Sinha of Raipur, Singha-Sadan has a clock tower and bell that regulates the timings of daily routine for the asrama inmates. He expected his students to feel every happiness, big or small, by being … 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.Commencing on the 7th day of the month of Poush, the fair officially lasts for three days, although vendors may stay until the month-end as per the university regulations. Kalakshetra became the first dance institute to establish a meaningful theoretical syllabus for dancers. || Economy || People This authoritative body is responsible for maintenance and management of the site as well as heritage conservation and its related issues. The dance, music and drama programmes are organized in this fair. Frequent — Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan and Sriniketan both form a part of the Visva Bharti campus under the jurisdiction of the University which alone forms it governing body which still keeps intact its originally intended use and function. Shantiniketan (Sanskrit: “The Abode of Peace”) began as Shantiniketan Ashram, a meditation centre founded and endowed in 1863 by Maharishi Debendranath, the father of the world-famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. East India. These fundamentals are practiced in various forms of activities such as tree planting schemes, organic agriculture, educational research, village development, cultural activities, community services, land re-generation, rain water harvesting, conservation approach and many more. Information about West Bengal Her face is a fresh wonder of love every time we see her, for she is our own, the darling of our hearts. Vishva Bharati University Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti, Teesta The term "Bauhaus" stands for an eagerness to experiment, openness, creativity, a close link to industrial practice and internationality. He lived in this house for a short while but it was here that he created most of his paintings. Today the University well known for its civil engeneering and architecture oriented disciplines offers variety of courses in free art, design, web design, visual communication, media design, media culture, architecture, civil engineering, materials science, processing technology, environment and management. The entire outside wall was decorated with beautiful relief work by Kala-Bhavana students under the guidance of Nandalal Bose. The origins of Bauhaus were far from the earlier methods of education in industrial art, fine art and architecture. || Siliguri Purvatoran and Paschimtoran are the two buildings on either side of Singha-Sadana. It is a sister institute and dedicated to rural development programmes. It has a polished marble floor usually decorated with alpana designs and is surrounded by glass doors with patterns picked out in stained glass. Kalo Bari is a unique structure made of mud and coal-tar. Though initially Gandhiji had decided to live here with only his wife Kasturba, pressure of work necessitated more colleagues join him at Sevagram until it became known as Sevagram Ashram and became a full-fledged institution. The nearest airport is located in Kolkata. Santiniketan, popularly known today as a university town, a hundred miles to the north of Kolkata, was originally an ashram built by Debendranath Tagore, where anyone, irrespective of caste and creed, could come and spend time meditating on the one Supreme God. The African Tulip (Spathodea campanulata) from Equatorial Africa, the Sausage tree (Kigelia africana) and Rhodesian Wistaria (Balusanthus speciosus) from Tropical Africa, the Baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) from Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Trumpet tree (Tabebuia aura) from Latin America are some of the trees that have survived in Santiniketan as have the ideas and research studies done by foreign scholars who came to Santiniketan. Rabindranath Tagore was categorical about Santiniketan not being anything like the idea of a western university. The walls of this house have colourful frescoes by Nandalal Bose. Santiniketan revives and gives form to Tagore's interpretation of the ancient Indian concept of tapoban. || Kolkata Bolpur is the nearest railway station from Kolkata. Santiniketan is among the pioneering institutions in modern history that offered a living example of internationalism, before even the United Nations established its guiding principle enshrined in Article 1, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948. At the beginning of the 20th century, Santiniketan pioneered a coeducational model in India which was a major break from accepted social norms. A beautiful garden was laid out on all sides of the Santiniketan Bari. | | Shantiniketan is a tourist attraction also because Rabindranath lived here and penned many of his literary classics (namely Tagore songs, poems, novels etc.) It is also associated with a number of outreach programmes in community development, social work, environmental protection, rainwater harvesting etc. Subhash Chandra Bose Jayanti || Basant Through bringing diverse individuals together in a hospitable setting, he sought to promote understanding between different linguistic groups, different races and global cultures and diverse religions. In this university, the classes are held in the open-air, which is very unique. The trust's aspiration is to continue work in the form of encouragement of human creativity, artistic, intellectual and practical; the promotion of learning by doing; and the attainment of the highest standards of performance and execution in all the activities undertaken. Bauhaus was first of its kind that combined craft and fine arts, creating a 'total' work of art in which all arts, including architecture would eventually be brought together. In the Rathindranath layer, we see Santiniketan well on its path to continue the four fold vision of Gurudev. Old Santiniketan Press: In 1917, the citizens of Lincoln, Nebraska had presented to the boys of Santiniketan, a letter-press treadle machine which saw the beginning of the Santiniketan Press, from where the Santiniketan Patrika, a newsletter was printed. 2. Santiniketan is in many ways a pioneering step in the field of education and rural reconstruction. The location of the facility remains unchanged even today incorporating the aspects of authenticity that is tangibly associated with spirit and feeling. In 1911, Tagore wrote an essay, "Hindu Visvabidyalay", which was composed around the time of the establishment of Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University. This university has two campuses with a number of institutes, faculties, departments, advanced centres and interdisciplinary schools all working towards excellence in areas of Science, Social Science, Technology, Medicine and Agriculture. In it, he discusses the problem of communal education within the larger context of communalism. Ideas of Outstanding Universal Value: Influence on the Modern Indian Nation - Inclusiveness & Non Alignment (Criterion vi). The school, from its conception, aimed to combine education with a sense of obligation towards the larger community. || Durga Established in 1990 by Protima Gauri, Nrityagram is a community of dancers following a lifestyle of the Gurukul tradition, influenced to some degree by Kalakshetra and Santiniketan. The academy provides not only education in fine arts but also runs a craft education research centre and a school where students have the opportunity of combining fine arts studies with the regular primary and secondary education syllabus. He wanted this house, along with its gardens to be a solace for the lonely woman and together, father and daughter, they planned the garden. The settlement is based on the collaboration of eastern and western ideologies. By Rail: 4. Devoted ashramites led a community life in search of Truth and Non-violence under his guidance. In April 1936, Gandhiji established his residence in the village Shegaon which he renamed as Sevagram, which means 'village of service'. It was made by the famous Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year. The most imposing house in Uttarayana, is Udayan. Indira Gandhi was one of the students of Shantiniketan. In developing his holistic educational paradigm, Rabindranath sought through various means to break down existing barriers and to foster interconnectivity between provincial and regional groups: between English-medium educated elites and the common people; between urban and rural economic groups...and to reduce the gender gap. It draws its inspiration from the vision and work of the renowned Indian philosopher and spiritual visionary Sir Aurobindo in collaboration with Mirra Alfassa (The Mother) in the year 1968. Vishva Bharati University was founded by Rabindranath Tagore in 1921. In 1888, he signed the Shantiniketan Trust deed and made the trust a custodian, Konar said. He felt claustrophobic, he said, and wanted a room to be constructed on four pillars. Tagore's poem encapsulates this vision of internationalism through his words, "He mor chitta, punya tirthe jagore dhire. Begun by Nandalal Bose in 1934, there are examples of Ramkinkar's works on the northern walls. Planned by Nandalal Bose and Surendranath Kar, this structure has a glass-paned showcase where newlycreated works of art were on display every few days. Satyajit Ray, Indira Gandhi and the Mahari of Jaipur are some of the famous personalities who have also studied here. Nrityagram is an institution specialising in Classical Indian Dance forms. However, perhaps the most important life skill is the ability and willingness to learn. Hence emerged the idea of open air classrooms which continue in the same spirit with which it was initiated at the time of the conception of the school. Since there were no walls in the central large room, nature was an effective backdrop. There are faculties in all major disciplines and the humainites and performing arts dominate over the philosophy, Sanskrit, art, Indian music and drama. We find the mention of the place as “Lalmati-r path” in various descriptive lines of Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry. its social welfare agricultural extension programme promotes services in rural development and self-employment. Nandalal Bose (1882-1966) took it up as a challenge. Living traditions begun by Gurudev such as the Utsavs, festivals, open air class rooms and the curriculum that encourages the infusion of performing and fine arts in academics are an intrinsic character of Santiniketan. This area is nearly all intact and forms the core of the Santiniketan precinct. Tagore's vision finds architectural expression in Santiniketan where the buildings of China Bhavan and Hindi Bhavan were specifically built to house institutes that explored linguistic linkages between eastern countries, as well as the eclectic architectural expression of structures such as Sinha Sadan, Udayan and Patho Bhavan that merged various cultural vocabularies to create a unique architectural synthesis. The gardens of Uttarayana were planned and laid out by the Poet's son, Rathindranath, a horticulturist by training. In his last letter to Mahatma Gandhi, Tagore wrote 'Visva Bharati is like a vessel carrying the cargo of my life's best treasure and I hope it may claim special care from my countrymen for its preservation'. His concept of beauty, according to true Indian tradition, was inseparably connected with truth and goodness. Distinguished visitors who have stayed here are Stella Kramrisch, Margaret Milward, Sir Maurice Gwyer, S. Radhakrishnan (later, President of India) and Jawaharlal Nehru. The members of the school community come to browse, read, study, and explore. Mrinalinidevi, the Poet's wife died before the house was completed but her name lives on in the nursery school named after her - Mrinalini Ananda Pathsala which is housed here. This was built on the foundation of the other mud house when it was pulled down. Rathindranath Period (Rabindranath's son) 1941-1952. 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