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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sinha_Sadan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Ballabhpur_Wildlife_Sanctuary" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Ballabhpur_Wildlife_Sanctuary"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ballabhpur_Wildlife_Sanctuary-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Amar_Kutir" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Amar_Kutir"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Amar Kutir</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Amar_Kutir-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sonajhuri_haat" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sonajhuri_haat"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Sonajhuri haat</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sonajhuri_haat-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Around_Santiniketan_picture_gallery" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Around_Santiniketan_picture_gallery"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Around Santiniketan picture gallery</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Around_Santiniketan_picture_gallery-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">18</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8" title="শান্তিনিকেতন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="শান্তিনিকেতন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantiniketan" title="Shantiniketan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Shantiniketan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantiniketan" title="Shantiniketan – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Shantiniketan" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8" title="शान्तिनिकेतन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="शान्तिनिकेतन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shantiniketan" title="Shantiniketan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Shantiniketan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%9F" title="סנטיניקטן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="סנטיניקטן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%A8" title="ಶಾಂತಿನಿಕೇತನ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಶಾಂತಿನಿಕೇತನ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0antiniketanas" title="Šantiniketanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Šantiniketanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%BB" title="ശാന്തിനികേതൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ശാന്തിനികേതൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8" title="शांतिनिकेतन – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="शांतिनिकेतन" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%A8" title="ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਨਿਕੇਤਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀਨਿਕੇਤਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%86" title="شانتی نیکیتن – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="شانتی نیکیتن" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8-%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Шанти-Никетан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шанти-Никетан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8" title="शान्तिनिकेतन – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="शान्तिनिकेतन" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A0%E1%B1%AE%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9A%E1%B1%B1" title="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤᱱᱤᱠᱮᱛᱚᱱ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤᱱᱤᱠᱮᱛᱚᱱ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%81%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%92_%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%AD%E0%B6%B1%E0%B6%BA" title="ශාන්ති නිකේතනය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ශාන්ති නිකේතනය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiniketan" title="Santiniketan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Santiniketan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="சாந்திநிகேதன் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="சாந்திநிகேதன்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D" title="శాంతినికేతన్ – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="శాంతినికేతన్" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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class="longitude">87°41′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.68°N 87.68°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.68; 87.68</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">India</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Birbhum_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Birbhum District">Birbhum</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">30 m (100 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">731204 (Bolpur)<br />731235 (Santiniketan)<br />731236 (Sriniketan)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone/<a href="/wiki/Subscriber_Trunk_Dialling" class="mw-redirect" title="Subscriber Trunk Dialling">STD</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data">+91 03463</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Bolpur</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Sabha">Vidhan Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Bolpur</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><div style="border:4px solid #0177D3; line-height: 1.5; text-align: center;"> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">UNESCO World Heritage Site</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Official name</th><td class="infobox-data">Santiniketan</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;"><a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">Criteria</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">Cultural: (iv)(vi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Reference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1375">1375</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.3em;">Inscription</th><td class="infobox-data">2023 (45th <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">Session</a>)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Shantiniketan</b> (IPA: <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Bengali" title="Help:IPA/Bengali">[ʃantiniketɔn]</a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood" title="Neighbourhood">neighbourhood</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bolpur" title="Bolpur">Bolpur</a> town in the <a href="/wiki/Bolpur_subdivision" title="Bolpur subdivision">Bolpur subdivision</a> of <a href="/wiki/Birbhum_district" title="Birbhum district">Birbhum district</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, approximately 152 km north of <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>. It was established by <a href="/wiki/Maharshi_Devendranath_Tagore" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharshi Devendranath Tagore">Maharshi Devendranath Tagore</a>, and later expanded by his son, <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> whose vision became what is now a university town with the creation of <a href="/wiki/Visva-Bharati" class="mw-redirect" title="Visva-Bharati">Visva-Bharati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Santiniketan_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Santiniketan-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the birthplace of <a href="/wiki/Amartya_Sen" title="Amartya Sen">Amartya Sen</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Economist" title="Economist">Economist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">Philosopher</a>, & <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates" title="List of Nobel laureates">Nobel Laureate</a> </p><p>It was inscribed on the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage List</a> by the World Heritage Committee in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1863, <a href="/wiki/Debendranath_Tagore" title="Debendranath Tagore">Debendranath Tagore</a> took on permanent lease 20 acres (81,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of land, with two <span title="Bengali-language romanization"><i lang="bn-Latn">chhatim</i></span> (<a href="/wiki/Alstonia_scholaris" title="Alstonia scholaris">Alstonia scholaris</a>) trees, at an annual payment of Rs. 5, from Bhuban Mohan Sinha, the <a href="/wiki/Talukdar" class="mw-redirect" title="Talukdar">talukdar</a> in Raipur, Birbhum. He built a guest house there and named it <i>Shantiniketan</i> (the abode of peace). Gradually, the whole area came to be known as Shantiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-intro_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG/220px-Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG/330px-Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG/440px-Upasana_Griha_-_Northern_View_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5299.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Upasana Griha, the glass prayer hall Devendranath built</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Binoy_Ghosh" title="Binoy Ghosh">Binoy Ghosh</a> says that <a href="/wiki/Bolpur" title="Bolpur">Bolpur</a> was a small place in the middle of the 19th century. It grew as Shantiniketan grew. A certain portion of Bolpur was a part of the <i><a href="/wiki/Zamindari" class="mw-redirect" title="Zamindari">zamindari</a></i> of the Sinha family of Raipur. Bhuban Mohan Sinha had developed a small village in the Bolpur area and named it Bhubandanga. It was just opposite Shantiniketan of those days. Bhubandanga was the den of a gang of notorious dacoits, who had no compunction in killing people. It led to a situation of conflict and confrontation, but the leader of the gang, ultimately, surrendered to Debendranath, and they started helping him in developing the area. There was a <span title="Bengali-language romanization"><i lang="bn-Latn">chhatim</i></span> tree under which Debendranath used to meditate. Inspired by <a href="/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace" title="The Crystal Palace">The Crystal Palace</a> built originally in <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park, London</a>, to house the <a href="/wiki/Great_Exhibition" title="Great Exhibition">Great Exhibition</a> of 1851 and later relocated, Debendranath constructed a 60-foot × 30-foot hall for <a href="/wiki/Brahmo_Samaj" title="Brahmo Samaj">Brahmo</a> prayers. The roof was tiled and the floor had white marble, but the rest of the structure was made of glass. From its earliest days, it was a great attraction for people from all around.<sup id="cite_ref-binoyghosh_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-binoyghosh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabindranath Tagore first visited Shantiniketan on 27 January 1878 when he was 17 years old. In 1888, Debendranath dedicated the entire property for the establishment of a Brahmavidyalaya through a trust deed. In 1901, Rabindranath started a Brahmacharyaashrama and it came to be known as <a href="/wiki/Patha_Bhavana,_Santiniketan" title="Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan">Patha Bhavana</a> from 1925.<sup id="cite_ref-binoyghosh_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-binoyghosh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore won the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize in Literature</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a new feather in the cap of the <a href="/wiki/Tagore_family" title="Tagore family">Tagore family</a> which was the leading family contributing to the enrichment of life and society in Bengal in many fields of activity over a long period of time.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The environment at <a href="/wiki/Jorasanko_Thakur_Bari" title="Jorasanko Thakur Bari">Jorasanko Thakur Bari</a>, one of the bases of the Tagore family in Kolkata, was filled with literature, music, painting, and theatre.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Founded in 1921 by Rabindranath Tagore, <a href="/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University" title="Visva-Bharati University">Visva Bharati</a> was declared to be a <a href="/wiki/Central_University_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Central University (India)">central university</a> and an institute of national importance, in 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Topography">Topography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Topography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tleft"><div class="thumbinner" style="position: relative; 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position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 255.875px; left: 384px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: grey; font-size: 9px; font-weight:normal;"> 8km<br />5miles</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 268.46783617029px; left: 274.48409471399px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(20deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #77A1CB; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> Ajay River</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 131.1788004762px; left: 264.3494964318px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(-45deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #77A1CB; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> Kopai River</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 95.423632642776px; left: 244.51463979379px; width: fit-content; height: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) translateY(-100%) rotate(7deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #77A1CB; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> Bakreshwar River</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 21.459391529883px; left: 268.86968617414px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(16deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #77A1CB; font-size: 10px; font-weight:normal;"> Mayurakshi River</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 183.03127081186px; left: 199.02386514847px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #967117; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 182.03127081186px; left: 216.52386514847px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Visva-Bharati University</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 183.03127081186px; left: 205.02386514847px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">U</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 183.03127081186px; left: 199.02386514847px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University" title="Visva-Bharati University"><img alt="Visva-Bharati University (U)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 158.21530915604px; left: 234.61802211528px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 157.21530915604px; left: 252.11802211528px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Kankalitala</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 158.21530915604px; left: 240.61802211528px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 158.21530915604px; left: 234.61802211528px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kankalitala" title="Kankalitala"><img alt="Kankalitala (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 213.76823147585px; left: 22.674616039554px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 212.76823147585px; left: 40.174616039554px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Jaydev Kenduli</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 213.76823147585px; left: 28.674616039554px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 213.76823147585px; left: 22.674616039554px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Jaydev_Kenduli" title="Jaydev Kenduli"><img alt="Jaydev Kenduli (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 121.96489207133px; left: 99.69032398544px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 120.96489207133px; left: 117.19032398544px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Khustigiri</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 121.96489207133px; left: 105.69032398544px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 121.96489207133px; left: 99.69032398544px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Khustigiri" title="Khustigiri"><img alt="Khustigiri (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 240.32475258852px; left: 360.69242474575px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 239.32475258852px; left: 359.19242474575px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Khujutipara</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 240.32475258852px; left: 366.69242474575px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 240.32475258852px; left: 360.69242474575px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Khujutipara" title="Khujutipara"><img alt="Khujutipara (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 219.90820551845px; left: 179.71745542089px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 218.90820551845px; left: 197.21745542089px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Raipur</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 219.90820551845px; left: 185.71745542089px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 219.90820551845px; left: 179.71745542089px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Birbhum" title="Raipur, Birbhum"><img alt="Raipur, Birbhum (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 119.98751723667px; left: 346.82250309669px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 134.98751723667px; left: 354.82250309669px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(0deg); background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Kirnahar</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 119.98751723667px; left: 352.82250309669px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 119.98751723667px; left: 346.82250309669px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kirnahar" title="Kirnahar"><img alt="Kirnahar (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 202.79123042564px; left: 189.97511668221px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 201.79123042564px; left: 188.47511668221px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Sriniketan</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 202.79123042564px; left: 195.97511668221px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 202.79123042564px; left: 189.97511668221px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sriniketan" title="Sriniketan"><img alt="Sriniketan (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 169.85322829464px; left: 333.95156327831px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 168.85322829464px; left: 351.45156327831px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Nanoor</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 169.85322829464px; left: 339.95156327831px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 169.85322829464px; left: 333.95156327831px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nanoor" title="Nanoor"><img alt="Nanoor (R)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 180.83372972827px; left: 189.97511668221px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #000000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 179.83372972827px; left: 188.47511668221px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Shantiniketan</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 180.83372972827px; left: 195.97511668221px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">R</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 192.69041127636px; left: 209.88236330795px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 191.19041127636px; left: 227.38236330795px; text-align: left; transform: rotate(0deg) background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 14px; font-weight:normal;"> Bolpur</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 192.69041127636px; left: 215.88236330795px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">M</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 192.69041127636px; left: 209.88236330795px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bolpur" title="Bolpur"><img alt="Bolpur (M)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 67.248767693531px; left: 288.30243701581px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 66.248767693531px; left: 286.80243701581px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Labhpur</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 67.248767693531px; left: 294.30243701581px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">CT</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 67.248767693531px; left: 288.30243701581px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Labhpur" title="Labhpur"><img alt="Labhpur (CT)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 107.46589775719px; left: 343.00031174454px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 106.46589775719px; left: 341.50031174454px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Parota</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 107.46589775719px; left: 349.00031174454px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">CT</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 107.46589775719px; left: 343.00031174454px; width: 13px; height: 13px; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Parota,_Birbhum" title="Parota, Birbhum"><img alt="Parota, Birbhum (CT)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/15px-Invisible_Square.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/23px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Invisible_Square.svg/30px-Invisible_Square.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="200" /></a></span></div> <div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 1px; outline-style: solid; outline-color: #FFFFFFFF; top: 193.34644125075px; left: 182.93880987487px; width: 13px; height: 13px; border-radius: 50%; background-color: #A40000; color:inherit;"></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; line-height: 0.98; white-space: nowrap; top: 192.34644125075px; left: 181.43880987487px; transform: translateX(-100%) rotate(0deg); text-align: right; background-color: transparent; color:inherit;"><span style="color: #800000; font-size: 13px; font-weight:normal;"> Surul</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; top: 193.34644125075px; left: 188.93880987487px; width: fit-content; text-align: center; transform: translateX(-50%); background-color:transparent; color:inherit; line-height: 1.2;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold;">CT</span></div><div style="display:inline-block; position: absolute; outline-width: 0px; top: 193.34644125075px; left: 182.93880987487px; 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position: absolute;top: 9px;left: 364px"><div style="color: white; opacity:100; font-size: 19px; font-weight:normal; text-align: left;"><a class="mw-kartographer-maplink no-icon" data-mw-kartographer="maplink" data-style="osm-intl" href="/wiki/Special:Map/11/23.73333/87.66667/en" data-zoom="11" data-lat="23.73333" data-lon="87.66667" data-overlays="["_cbd59e7c7478aadc4a652bfeef22825de6a3fe0c"]"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Click for interactive fullscreen map with links to nearby articles"> </span></a></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><b>Cities and towns in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district</b><br />M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, U: University.<br />Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Location">Location</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shantiniketan is situated at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818" /><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Shantiniketan&params=23.68_N_87.68_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°41′N</span> <span class="longitude">87°41′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.68°N 87.68°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.68; 87.68</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at an average elevation of 56 metres (187 feet). </p><p>The area is flanked on two sides by the rivers, the <a href="/wiki/Ajay_River" title="Ajay River">Ajay</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kopai_River" title="Kopai River">Kopai</a>. Santiniketan earlier had an extensive forest cover, but substantial soil erosion gave certain areas a barren look, the resulting phenomenon is locally known as <i><a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">khoai</a></i>. However, as a result of the consistent efforts by botanists, plants and trees from all over India flourish in parts of the town. Although the overall environment of the surrounding areas have changed with time, the core area of Santiniketan has retained its closeness with nature.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small> </p><p>In the 2011 census, Santiniketan is not identified as a separate place. In the map of Bolpur-Sriniketan CD block on page 718 of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1908_PART_A_DCHB_BIRBHUM.pdf">District Census Handbook Birbhum (Part A)</a>, the area occupied by Santiniketan is shown as a part of Bolpur municipal area and <a href="/wiki/Sriniketan" title="Sriniketan">Sriniketan</a> is shown as a part of <a href="/wiki/Surul" title="Surul">Surul</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census town</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_places">Notable places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per the <i>Human Development Report</i> for Birbhum in 2009, Santiniketan attracted 1.2 million tourists annually.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rabindra Bhavana, founded in 1942, just after the death of the poet, is the focal point of Visva Bharati. It has a museum, archives, library and other units. It houses a major part of Rabindranath's manuscripts, correspondence, paintings and sketches, 40,000 volumes of books and 12,000 volumes of bound journals, photographs and numerous items associated with the poet's life. It is generally one of the first points of interest for anybody visiting Santiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was established by the poet's son, <a href="/wiki/Rathindranath_Tagore" title="Rathindranath Tagore">Rathindranath Tagore</a>, as a memorial museum and research centre for Tagore studies.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gandhi-Tagore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Gandhi-Tagore.jpg/300px-Gandhi-Tagore.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Gandhi-Tagore.jpg/450px-Gandhi-Tagore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Gandhi-Tagore.jpg/600px-Gandhi-Tagore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> with <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kasturba_Gandhi" title="Kasturba Gandhi">Kasturba Gandhi</a> at Santiniketan in 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>The Uttarayana Complex, which lies in the northern portion of the town and is located next to Rabindra Bhavana, features a collection of five houses built by Rabindranath – <i>Udayan</i>, <i>Shyamali</i>, <i>Konark</i>, <i>Udichi</i> and <i>Punascha</i>. The gardens in the Uttarayan complex were planned and laid out by Rathindranath. <i>Shyamali</i> and <i>Konark</i> are mud houses. <i>Shyamali</i> was an experiment. The visual perspective was based on the <a href="/wiki/Borobudur" title="Borobudur">Borobudur</a> style. The entire outside wall was decorated with beautiful relief work by <a href="/wiki/Kala_Bhavana" title="Kala Bhavana">Kala Bhavana</a> students under the guidance of <a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Santal_people" title="Santal people">Santals</a> on either side of the main door and on the eastern corner were by <a href="/wiki/Ramkinkar_Baij" title="Ramkinkar Baij">Ramkinkar Baij</a>. <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kasturba_Gandhi" title="Kasturba Gandhi">Kasturba Gandhi</a> stayed in the house as guests. <i>Udayan</i> is the most imposing house in the Uttarayan complex. It is meant for important guests visiting Santiniketan. Each suite in <i>Udayan</i> is on a different level which gives this house its individuality.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Visva Bharati opened a museum <i>Guha Ghar</i>, in the Uttarayan complex, in memory of Rathindranath Tagore.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG/200px-Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="301" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG/300px-Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG/400px-Mural_-_Nandalal_Bose_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5547.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6016" /></a><figcaption>Mural by <a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Ashram Complex is the oldest area of Santiniketan, where Debendranath built the <i>Santiniketan Griha</i> and the beautiful stained glass prayer hall, in the second half of the 19th century. <a href="/wiki/Patha_Bhavana,_Santiniketan" title="Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan">Patha Bhavana</a> came up after Rabindranath started residing in Santiniketan. It has beautiful frescoes by Nandalal Bose. <i>Natun Bari</i> was built in 1902 for residential purposes. <i>Kalo Bari</i> is a unique structure of mud and coal tar and profusely decorated. There are numerous other houses: <i>Dehali</i>, <i>Santoshalaya</i>, <i>Singha Sadan</i>, <i>Dwijaviram</i>, <i>Dinantika</i>, <i>Taladwaj</i>, <i>Chaitya</i>, <i>Ghantatala</i>, <i>Panthasala</i>, <i>Ratan Kuthi</i>, <i>Malancha</i> and others – each with an interesting story that makes it historically relevant.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg/300px-Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg/450px-Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg/600px-Jawaharlal_Nehru_and_Rabindranath_Tagore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="430" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> with <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> in 1940</figcaption></figure> <p>Visva Bharati was established as a centre for culture with the objective of exploring the arts, language, humanities, music etc. Specialised institutes came up in different fields: <a href="/wiki/Cheena_Bhavana" title="Cheena Bhavana">Cheena Bhavana</a>, Hindi Bhavana, <a href="/wiki/Kala_Bhavana" title="Kala Bhavana">Kala Bhavana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sangit_Bhavana" title="Sangit Bhavana">Sangit Bhavana</a>, Bhasa Bhavana, Nippon Bhavana, Bangladesh Bhavana and others. Many of these institutes with myriad structures have been decorated by illustrious artists.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"The landscape of Shantiniketan is dotted with sculptures by Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980), larger-than-life figures of Santals who were in reality part of the landscape. A Santal family, complete with dog, a group of workers running along at the call of the mill, their clothes flying in the air, a thresher, all situated along the main road. When Ramkinkar created Sujata, an elongated figure of one of the disciples of Buddha, he placed it just a little distance from the seated Buddha. Nandalal planted Eucalyptus saplings in the area, knowing that one day these tall trees would be a perfect setting to Ramkinkar's Sujata. It was Nandalal Bose, who created an environment where art would be a part of life and the children of Santiniketan have grown absorbing these beautiful monuments as they have the oxygen in the air."<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Tagore_family_at_Shantiniketan">The Tagore family at Shantiniketan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Tagore family at Shantiniketan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>She is our own, the darling of our hearts,<br /> </p><p>Santiniketan.<br /> In the shadows of her trees we meet<br /> in the freedom of her open sky.<br /> Our dreams are rocked in her arms.<br /> Her face is a fresh wonder of love every<br /> time we see her,<br /> for she is our own, the darling of our<br /> </p><p> hearts.<br /></p><div class="templatequotecite">— <cite><b>Rabindranath Tagore</b>, <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Shantiniketan was founded and developed by members of the <a href="/wiki/Tagore_family" title="Tagore family">Tagore family</a>. It was founded by Debendranath Tagore.<sup id="cite_ref-intro_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics at Santiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son, Rathindranath Tagore was one of the first five students at the <i>Brahmacharya asrama</i> at Santiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the death of his father in 1941, Rathindranath took over the burden of all responsibilities at Santiniketan. When Visva Bharati was made a central university in 1951, Rathindranath was appointed its first vice-chancellor.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-history_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-history-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pratima_Devi_(painter)" title="Pratima Devi (painter)">Pratima Devi</a>, Rathindranath's wife, had active links with Visva Bharati from a very young age. She lived in Santinketan till her death in 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Mira Devi, Rabindranath's youngest daughter, after her failed marriage, lived in <i>Malancha</i> built for her in the Ashrama complex in 1926. She died at Santiniketan in 1969. <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Kripalani" title="Krishna Kripalani">Krishna Kripalani</a>, husband of Nandita (Buri), daughter of Mira Devi, taught at Santiniketan for nearly 15 years, beginning 1933. Krishna Kripalani's biography of Tagore was amongst the best ever written.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dwijendranath_Tagore" title="Dwijendranath Tagore">Dwijendranath Tagore</a>, Rabindranath's eldest brother, spent the last twenty years of his life at Santiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-Dutta_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dutta-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived in <i>Dwaijaviram</i> in the Ashrama complex.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dinendranath_Tagore" title="Dinendranath Tagore">Dinendranath Tagore</a>, Dwijendranath's grandson, was principal of Sangit Bhavana in its earliest years.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Dinantika</i>, built in 1939, housed the <i>Cha chakra</i>, where staff members of Visva Bharati met over a cup of tea for meetings and relaxation.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Indira_Devi_Chaudhurani" title="Indira Devi Chaudhurani">Indira Devi Chaudhurani</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Satyendranath_Tagore" title="Satyendranath Tagore">Satyendranath Tagore</a>, started living in Santiniketan in 1941 and took charge of Sangit Bhavana. She was acting vice-chancellor for a short period.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Supriyo Tagore, great-grandson of Satyendranath, was a student of Patha Bhavana and Visva Bharati University before going abroad to complete his education. He retired as the longest serving principal of Patha Bhavana. He now runs Sisu Tirtha, an institution for orphans mainly from the economically disadvantaged tribals, near Santiniketan. His son, Sudripta, with wide-ranging experience in the field of education, is also engaged in setting up a school, at Ruppur near Santiniketan, embodying the ideas of Rabindranath.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Photo_gallery">Photo gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Photo gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Santiniketan Griha"><img alt="Santiniketan Griha" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg/200px-Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg/300px-Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg/400px-Santiniketan_Griha_from_the_entrance_gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Santiniketan Griha</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Santal family by Ramkinkar Baij"><img alt="Santal family by Ramkinkar Baij" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG/150px-Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG/225px-Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG/300px-Santal_Family_-_1938_CE_-_Ramkinkar_Baij_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5328.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3915" data-file-height="3915" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Santal family by Ramkinkar Baij</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalo Bari – the house built with mud and coal tar. Click on the pic to enlarge for a glimpse of the wall decoration."><img alt="Kalo Bari – the house built with mud and coal tar. Click on the pic to enlarge for a glimpse of the wall decoration." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG/200px-Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG/300px-Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG/400px-Kalo_Bari_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5346.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Kalo Bari – the house built with mud and coal tar. Click on the pic to enlarge for a glimpse of the wall decoration.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Ghantatala – the bell stand"><img alt="Ghantatala – the bell stand" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG/99px-Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG" decoding="async" width="99" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG/149px-Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG/199px-Toran_with_Bell_-_Ghantatala_-_Gour_Prangan_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5563.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="4288" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Ghantatala – the bell stand</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Upasana Griha at Santiniketan"><img alt="Upasana Griha at Santiniketan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg/200px-Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg/300px-Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg/400px-Santiniketan_Upasana_Griha_at_Bolpur_in_Birbhum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1632" data-file-height="1132" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Upasana Griha at Santiniketan</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The climate of Shantiniketan is moderately warm, with summer temperatures at around 35-42 °C (maximum) and winter at 10-15 °C (minimum). Summer is felt for three months, March, April and May. December, January and February are the winter months. June, July, August and September see heavy rainfall, these four months are known as monsoon (rainy season). Shantiniketan saw its highest temperature rising 47.0 °C, on 10 June 1966. The lowest temperature ever recorded is 4.9 °C, on 9 January 2013. The annual average temperature is 26.2 °C. About 1480mm of rain falls per year, with 76 days seeing the rain. The area is classified as an "<a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">Aw</a>" (tropical savanna climate) under the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a>. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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<th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(91.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.0<br />(98.6) </td> <td style="background: #F80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.0<br />(107.6) </td> <td style="background: #C20000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.9<br />(114.6) </td> <td style="background: #B80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.6<br />(115.9) </td> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(116.6) </td> <td style="background: #FD0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.6<br />(106.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF1000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.1<br />(102.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF1E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.1<br />(98.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(87.3) </td> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.0<br />(116.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(83.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.8<br />(91.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(100.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF0100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.3<br />(106.3) </td> <td style="background: #FC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">41.7<br />(107.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF0800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.2<br />(104.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.2<br />(97.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.9<br />(94.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.1<br />(95.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.3<br />(93.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.1<br />(84.4) </td> <td style="background: #F30000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.3<br />(108.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.7<br />(76.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.4<br />(92.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.6<br />(97.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF2D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.9<br />(94.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB872; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.7<br />(58.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9932; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.3<br />(66.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.3<br />(73.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.0<br />(78.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.3<br />(77.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(72.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.8<br />(46.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD5AC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(50.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8104; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.7<br />(72.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.1<br />(73.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9E3E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.5<br />(65.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.0<br />(55.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDDBB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(48.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D2; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.7<br />(45.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA143; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(64.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8308; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.4<br />(72.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA449; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.7<br />(63.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFB266; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.6<br />(60.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF3E8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.1<br />(43.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #EDFFED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(0.46) </td> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.1<br />(0.99) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.2<br />(1.31) </td> <td style="background: #AEFFAE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">52.0<br />(2.05) </td> <td style="background: #55FF55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">113.8<br />(4.48) </td> <td style="background: #009C00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">229.7<br />(9.04) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">343.2<br />(13.51) </td> <td style="background: #004300; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">296.7<br />(11.68) </td> <td style="background: #006200; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">267.5<br />(10.53) </td> <td style="background: #7CFF7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.7<br />(3.45) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5<br />(0.41) </td> <td style="background: #F1FFF1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.0<br />(0.35) </td> <td style="background: #43FF43; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,479.9<br />(58.26) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.2 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.4 </td> <td style="background: #D2D2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.5 </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #6B6BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6 </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.7 </td> <td style="background: #4444FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.1 </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.7 </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5 </td> <td style="background: #AFAFFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">75.6 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 08:30 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000CB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">80 </td> <td style="background: #0000B8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">85 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000B5; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">86 </td> <td style="background: #0000C8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">81 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000DF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">75 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">76 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/India_Meteorological_Department" title="India Meteorological Department">India Meteorological Department</a><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_Shantiniketan_railway_station" title="Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station">Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station</a> is well connected with <a href="/wiki/Sealdah_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Sealdah Railway Station">Sealdah Railway Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howrah_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Howrah Station">Howrah Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Kolkata Railway Station">Kolkata Railway Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malda_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Malda Town">Malda Town</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jalpaiguri" class="mw-redirect" title="New Jalpaiguri">New Jalpaiguri</a> etc. of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> & <a href="/wiki/Guwahati_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Guwahati Railway Station">Guwahati Railway Station</a> of <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>. </p><p>There is direct AC Volvo bus service of WBTC from <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> to Bolpur Shantiniketan (Kolkata-Bolpur-Suri & Suri-Bolpur-Kolkata). </p><p>Bus and private cars are available from <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> (outstation cab service of <a href="/wiki/Ola_Cabs" class="mw-redirect" title="Ola Cabs">Ola Cabs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uber" title="Uber">Uber</a> from Kolkata), Durgapur City Centre Bus Stop, Katwa, Berhampore and soon from <a href="/wiki/Santragachi_Railway_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Santragachi Railway Station">Santragachi Railway Station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="About_visva_Bharati">About visva Bharati</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: About visva Bharati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shantiniketan is a university town with varied educational facilities. At the school level are <a href="/wiki/Patha_Bhavana,_Santiniketan" title="Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan">Patha Bhavana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Siksha_Satra" title="Siksha Satra">Siksha Satra</a>. Apart from a number of courses in humanities, science and education, <a href="/wiki/Visva-Bharati" class="mw-redirect" title="Visva-Bharati">Visva-Bharati</a> offers a range of music, dance and art courses and lays emphasis on language courses. Sangit Bhavana offers courses in Rabindra Sangit, Hindustani classical vocal, sitar, esraj, tabla, pakhawaj, Kathakali dance and Manipuri dance. <a href="/wiki/Kala_Bhavana" title="Kala Bhavana">Kala Bhavana</a> offers courses in painting, mural, sculpture, graphic art, design (textiles/ ceramics) and history of art. The university offers specialised 4-year courses in Persian, Tibetan, Chinese and Japanese. Bhasa Bhavana offers undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Arabic & Persian, Bengali, Chinese, Hindi, Indo-Tibetan, Japanese, Odia, Santali and Sanskrit. Vidya Bhavana offers 1-year courses in Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Marathi, Odia, Pali, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali, Tamil, Tibetan and Urdu. It also offers 2-year courses in Arabic, Assamese, Bengali, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Marathi, Odia, Pali, Persian, Russian, Sanskrit, Santali, Tamil, Tibetan and Urdu. There are certificate courses in leather craft, book binding & hand-made packaging, batik work and hand-made paper making. Shantiniketan offers courses in the field of agriculture and rural development. Only a selective list is presented here to give an idea of the range of courses offered.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town is known for its literary and artistic heritage, with the notable figures being <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nandalal_Bose" title="Nandalal Bose">Nandalal Bose</a>. In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Visva_Bharati" class="mw-redirect" title="Visva Bharati">Visva Bharati</a> also serves as Shantiniketan's cultural center.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Poush_Mela">Poush Mela</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Poush Mela"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Birbhum district, the <a href="/wiki/Fairs_in_Birbhum" title="Fairs in Birbhum">fairs</a> (<i>mela</i> in Bengali) are spread right across the district and are thought of as an extension of the concept of markets, a place of not only trade and business but also a meeting place of people and an arena for cultural exchange. The largest and most notable fair is the <i><a href="/wiki/Poush_Mela" title="Poush Mela">Poush Mela</a></i> held at Santiniketan for three days from 7 <a href="/wiki/Poush" title="Poush">Poush</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-paschim1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-paschim1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Devendranath_Tagore" class="mw-redirect" title="Devendranath Tagore">Devendranath Tagore</a> with twenty followers accepted the <a href="/wiki/Brahmo_Samaj" title="Brahmo Samaj">Brahmo</a> creed from <a href="/wiki/Ram_Chandra_Vidyabagish" title="Ram Chandra Vidyabagish">Ram Chandra Vidyabagish</a> on 21 December 1843 (7 Poush 1250 according to the Bengali calendar). This was the basis of <i>Poush Utsav</i> (the Festival of Poush) at Santiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-Basak_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Basak-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Festivals_at_Shantiniketan">Festivals at Shantiniketan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Festivals at Shantiniketan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Shantiniketan, seasonal changes bring their own colors and beauties with various festivals. The emphasis in organising these festivals is on traditional Indian forms and rituals. Numerous festivals range from <i>Basanta Utsav</i> and <i>Barsha Mangal</i> to <i>Maghotsav</i> and <i>Rabindra Jayanti</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-festival_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-festival-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a>, the festival of colours, is celebrated in its own style at Santiniketan – it is called <i>Basanta Utsav</i> and welcomes the arrival of spring. The programme starts from the morning with singing and dancing to Tagore's tunes by the students and ends with spreading coloured powders (called ‘<a href="/wiki/Gulal" title="Gulal">abir</a>’) and expression of festive wishes. After the formal Visva Bharati programme, other programmes follow. <i>Barsha Mangal</i> is celebrated with cultural programmes in July–August. <i>Ananda Bazar</i> is a fair for handicrafts by the students, held on Mahalaya day. Prior to leaving for the puja vacations students celebrate <i>Sharad Utsav</i>. <i>Nandan Mela</i> marks Nandalal Bose's birth anniversary (on 1–2 December) and is a special attraction for art lovers. <i>Briksharopan</i> and <i>Halkarshan</i> emphasise man's closeness to nature and are held on 22-23 <a href="/wiki/Shraavana" class="mw-redirect" title="Shraavana">Shraavana</a> (August). <i><a href="/wiki/Maghotsab_of_Brahma_Samaj" title="Maghotsab of Brahma Samaj">Maghotsab</a></i>, celebrating the founding of the Brahmo Samaj, is held on 11 <a href="/wiki/Magh_(Bengali_calendar)" title="Magh (Bengali calendar)">Magh</a> (towards the end of January). Various anniversaries and cultural programmes are organised throughout the year. 25 <a href="/wiki/Baisakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Baisakh">Baisakh</a> (7-8 May) is the birthday of Rabindranath Tagore but his birth anniversary is celebrated along with and subsequent to the <a href="/wiki/Pahela_Baishakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Pahela Baishakh">Bengali New Year</a> (mid April onwards).<sup id="cite_ref-festival_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-festival-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sinha_Sadan">Sinha Sadan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sinha Sadan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shantiniketan was originally a part of the ancestral <i><a href="/wiki/Zamindari" class="mw-redirect" title="Zamindari">zamindari</a></i> of the Sinha family of <a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Birbhum" title="Raipur, Birbhum">Raipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birbhum" class="mw-redirect" title="Birbhum">Birbhum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-intro_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intro-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Satyendra_Prasanna_Sinha,_1st_Baron_Sinha" title="Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha">Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha</a> donated for the construction of Sinha Sadan with a clock tower and bell. It was in this building that Oxford University conferred its honorary doctorate on the poet, <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-unesco_15-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unesco-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Sinha Sadan"><img alt="Sinha Sadan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG/200px-Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG/300px-Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG/400px-Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5505.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sinha Sadan</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Doorway, Sinha Sadan"><img alt="Doorway, Sinha Sadan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG/100px-Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG/149px-Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG/199px-Doorway_-_Sinha_Sadan_-_1926_CE_-_Santiniketan_2014-06-29_5525.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Doorway, Sinha Sadan</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ballabhpur_Wildlife_Sanctuary">Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ballabhpur_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary">Ballabhpur Wildlife Sanctuary</a> is located 3 km from Shantiniketan and is popular as Deer Park. Established in 1977, it was a <a href="/wiki/Khoai" title="Khoai">khoai</a> area affected by soil erosion. It is now a large wooded area with herds of deer and makes a natural bird sanctuary.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amar_Kutir">Amar Kutir</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Amar Kutir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Amar_Kutir" title="Amar Kutir">Amar Kutir</a> (meaning: my cottage), once a place of refuge for <a href="/wiki/Indian_independence_movement" title="Indian independence movement">independence movement</a> activists has been turned into a cooperative society for the promotion of arts and crafts. It is located on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/Kopai_River" title="Kopai River">Kopai River</a>, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the central areas of Santiniketan.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sonajhuri_haat">Sonajhuri haat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sonajhuri haat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Every Saturday and Sunday, one can visit the <i>haat</i> (or market) at Sonajhuri, close to Shantiniketan. This is a village market and one can buy local handicrafts and listen to folk music sung by tribal groups . Sonajhuri haat is a great place to see and collect wooden crafts, <a href="/wiki/Terracotta" title="Terracotta">terracotta</a> crafts, raw metal ornaments, <a href="/wiki/Dhokra" title="Dhokra">dhokra</a> art and local made clothes. It is an excellent place to experience the local culture of Shantiniketan.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Around_Santiniketan_picture_gallery">Around Santiniketan picture gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shantiniketan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Around Santiniketan picture gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khoai_at_Shantiniketan,_Birbhum.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Khoai at Santiniketan"><img alt="Khoai at Santiniketan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Khoai_at_Shantiniketan%2C_Birbhum.jpg/200px-Khoai_at_Shantiniketan%2C_Birbhum.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Khoai_at_Shantiniketan%2C_Birbhum.jpg/300px-Khoai_at_Shantiniketan%2C_Birbhum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Khoai_at_Shantiniketan%2C_Birbhum.jpg/400px-Khoai_at_Shantiniketan%2C_Birbhum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Khoai at Santiniketan</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ananda_Khyapa_and_Tarun_Khyapa_with_Group_-_Baul_Song_Performance_-_Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5281.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Baul performance at Sonajhuri Saturday haat"><img alt="Baul performance at Sonajhuri Saturday haat" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5299.JPG/200px-Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5299.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5299.JPG/300px-Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5299.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5299.JPG/400px-Saturday_Haat_-_Sonajhuri_-_Birbhum_2014-06-28_5299.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Local village hndicrafts and other items at Sonajhuri Saturday haat</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amar_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Some Amar Kutir products on 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title="Municipality">municipal</a><br /> and <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census</a> towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suri_Sadar_subdivision" title="Suri Sadar subdivision">Suri Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahmedpur,_Birbhum" title="Ahmedpur, Birbhum">Ahmedpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubrajpur" title="Dubrajpur">Dubrajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalipur,_Birbhum" title="Kalipur, Birbhum">Kalipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karidhya" title="Karidhya">Karidhya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar,_Birbhum" title="Rajnagar, Birbhum">Rajnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainthia" title="Sainthia">Sainthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum"> Suri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_subdivision" title="Bolpur subdivision">Bolpur subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bolpur" title="Bolpur">Bolpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilambazar" title="Ilambazar">Ilambazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labhpur" title="Labhpur">Labhpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parota,_Birbhum" title="Parota, Birbhum">Parota</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Shantiniketan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surul" title="Surul">Surul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat_subdivision" title="Rampurhat subdivision">Rampurhat subdivision</a></th><td 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0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suri_Sadar_subdivision" title="Suri Sadar subdivision">Suri Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abinashpur" title="Abinashpur">Abinashpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angar_Garia" title="Angar Garia">Angar Garia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babuijore" title="Babuijore">Babuijore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakreshwar" title="Bakreshwar">Bakreshwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakreswar_Thermal_Power_Plant_Township" title="Bakreswar Thermal Power Plant Township">Bakreswar Thermal Power Plant Township</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bara_Chaturi" title="Bara Chaturi">Bara Chaturi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beharia" title="Beharia">Beharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimgara" title="Bhimgara">Bhimgara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bholagoria" title="Bholagoria">Bholagoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrapur,_Birbhum" title="Chandrapur, Birbhum">Chandrapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chondrapur" title="Chondrapur">Chondrapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deucha" title="Deucha">Deucha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dighalgram" title="Dighalgram">Dighalgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonpur" title="Gonpur">Gonpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hetampur" title="Hetampur">Hetampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankartala" title="Kankartala">Kankartala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoyrasol" title="Khoyrasol">Khoyrasol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lokpur" title="Lokpur">Lokpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bazar,_Birbhum" title="Mohammad Bazar, Birbhum">Mohammad Bazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakrakonda" title="Nakrakonda">Nakrakonda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panrui" title="Panrui">Panrui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patharchapuri" title="Patharchapuri">Patharchapuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purandarpur" title="Purandarpur">Purandarpur</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_subdivision" title="Bolpur subdivision">Bolpur subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fullara" title="Fullara">Fullara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaydev_Kenduli" title="Jaydev Kenduli">Jaydev Kenduli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankalitala" title="Kankalitala">Kankalitala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khujutipara" title="Khujutipara">Khujutipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khustigiri" title="Khustigiri">Khustigiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kirnahar" title="Kirnahar">Kirnahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirati" title="Mirati">Mirati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanoor" title="Nanoor">Nanoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Birbhum" 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title="Ekachakra">Ekachakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hansan,_Birbhum" title="Hansan, Birbhum">Hansan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haridaspur,_Birbhum" title="Haridaspur, Birbhum">Haridaspur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jogdhari" title="Jogdhari">Jogdhari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotasur" title="Kotasur">Kotasur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurumgram" title="Kurumgram">Kurumgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lohapur" title="Lohapur">Lohapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lokpara" title="Lokpara">Lokpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madian,_Birbhum" title="Madian, Birbhum">Madian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Margram" title="Margram">Margram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallarpur" title="Mallarpur">Mallarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayureswar" title="Mayureswar">Mayureswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimitala" title="Nimitala">Nimitala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paikar" title="Paikar">Paikar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajgram" title="Rajgram">Rajgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satpalsa" 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