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Santiniketan Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, and approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Santiniketan became a spiritual centre where people from all religions were invited to join for meditation and prayers. Rural artisans bring their wares like batik printed materials, the most famous Santiniketan Leather bags, earthen wares, paintings, etc, to the fair while urban relatives set up stalls so that rural people could buy the new industrially produced goods that was revolutionizing life in the cities. www.santiniketan.com   (799 words)

"Santiniketan Lectures" by Rabindranath Tagore: Translated from Bengali by Jyoti Prakash Datta Santiniketan Volumes I and II, are a compilation of Rabindranath's discourses at the residential school he founded in the early years of 20th century. Santiniketan represents a milestone in Rabindranath's odyssey of spiritual evolution which culminated in The Religion of Man (Hibbert Lectures, 1930), and then moved further beyond. Santiniketan was published in seventeen volumes between 1909 and 1916 and later recompiled into two volumes in 1934-1935. www.parabaas.com /rabindranath/articles/pSantiniketan_introduction.html   (484 words)

Santiniketan - The Wordbook Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Santiniketan is also a tourist attraction because Rabindranath wrote many of his literary classics here, and his house is a place of historical importance. Santiniketan is also home to Amartya Sen, the 1998 Nobel Prize winner in Economics. Although Visva-Bharati University still plays an active role, Santiniketan has become a haven for India's nouveau riche, and large houses have been built on what used to be barren, khoai (desert) and condominiums are becoming commonplace. www.thewordbook.com /Santiniketan   (614 words)

:: Santiniketan ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Santiniketan has always been very dear to me, not only for the history of what it is, Apart from this, the Sriniketan Santiniketan Development Authority, SSDA has undertaken a programme to upgrade the sanitation of both rural and urban areas of Bolpur, focusing primarily on village schools. Its timing is perfect…the rapid progress of Santiniketan has made it an ideal place to live in. www.bengalambuja.com /HOUSING/santiniketan/page5.htm   (399 words)

Dr. A Mukherjee, PhD Astrological Website! Santiniketan was built in 1861 as an Ashram by Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore's father Mahrasi Dendra Nath Tagore.Rabindra Nath Tagore has had a huge influence on Indian culture and thought and made a vast contribution to poetry, literature, music, arts and also social ideas. Santiniketan will be the time to search ourselves and understand our inner feelings and the inner soul and try to purify the soul through worship and mediation. Santiniketan is in the district of Birbhum which is in West Bengal. homepage.ntlworld.com /mukherjee/retreat.htm   (3719 words)

A special homecoming If Sen seemed initially to be somewhat uncomfortable with, though also clearly moved by, the public adulation shown him, he was in no way daunted by it, taking even the physical jostling by the enthusiastic crowds that mobbed him with good humour. Sen, dressed in white dhoti and kurta with a yellow batik scarf around his neck, was brought to the stage by a procession of young children and members of the University. The first feature of Tagore's thought was his firm belief in the "non-fragility" of Indian culture and civilisation; he believed that it was broad and of many parts, each related to and influenced by the other. www.flonnet.com /fl1601/16011300.htm   (1271 words)

tata.com : Amartya to set up Santiniketan school Professor Amartya Sen will set up an institute in Santiniketan to find ways to improve the primary and secondary schools systems in India. Professor Sen said Viswa-Bharati University was allotting five acres of land not far from his residence for the Centre for School Education. On the other hand, he regretted the growth of "politically fanned intolerance" and called the demolition of the Babari Mosque one of the "fler moments" of Indian history. www.tata.com /tata_sons/media/20010227.htm   (505 words)

Santiniketan - The Home of Laureates In 1863, a meditation center was founded at Santiniketan by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, the father of the world famous bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Santiniketan is the embodiment of serenity and peace, far removed from the concrete jungle. Visva Bharati University is the University at Santiniketan, 2 km from the nearest railway station Bolpur, is now a centre of international studies and culture. www.howtoadvice.com /Preview/Aurtxun   (395 words)

Santiniketan, Friends, Bose and Tagore Families Santiniketan really is nice, and though bustling and even crowded at times, still retains the village atmosphere. The time at Santiniketan was a delight, with touches of elegance and beauty. There was a chat vendor on the train from Santiniketan to Kolkata, one of what seemed to be dozens of purveyors of Chai/Coffee, lemon tea, sandwiches, shoeshines, newspapers, crafts and trinkets, who come aboard while the train is moving slowly. noosphere.princeton.edu /roger/india/india4.html   (1330 words)

India Travelogue Leisure & Heritage Travel: Shantiniketan, Vishwa Baharati, Rabindranath Tagore by Pallavi Bhattacharya We stayed at the government tourist lodge of Santiniketan, where room rates are reasonable and Bengali food is served at the restaurant. Though contemporary Santiniketan does have cyber cafes, photostat shops and cinema halls; I must say that it has retained much of its rural landscape and the main town is relatively calm and quiet. Santiniketan inspired Tagore to write those memorable lines.” Santiniketanis are far more possessive of Tagore than Kolkatans are. www.indiatravelogue.com /leis/heri/heri10.html   (1304 words)

Akashdiya : Web Magazine Santiniketan and Visva Bharati were supposed to be Rabindranath’s experiment with education. Santiniketan in many ways is no different than a university elsewhere, but then in spite of those common threads there is a little something that gives the place its unique character. Away from Santiniketan, I now think of those stretches at Khoai with a longing that is almost a desire for another life. www.akashdiya.com /khoai.htm   (669 words)

Rabindranath Tagore’s Environmental Vision Santiniketan is just about a hundred and fifty miles north of Calcutta; but the train I took made it feel closer to three hundred. Tagore moved to Santiniketan with his immediate family in 1901, at the age of 40, leaving his sprawling ancestral house at Calcutta where the large and illustrious Tagore clan lived. The place seems to be caught in a cusp of two cultures; between the pulse of an university and the trappings of a memorial. www.calitreview.com /Essays/tagore_5009.htm   (2829 words)

Sushanta Tagore & Ors v. Union of India & Ors [2005] INSC 147 (3 March 2005)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) It is, however, not disputed that 1761 acres of land, according to Sriniketan Santiniketan Development Authority (SSDA) (1127 acres, according to the University), were acquired for the University within the aforementioned 3000 acres of land. It is also true that when development of Santiniketan- Sriniketan area is a necessity due to promotion of tourism and urban pull, there must be certain changes in the land use pattern resulting in disappearance of khoyai landscape from certain places. It is not suggested that the Santiniketan should remain as it was in 1921 but it cannot be permitted to become full of concrete jungles and industrial hub. www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/2005/147.html   (3992 words)

Where the mind stays high Located in Bolpur, Santiniketan's origins date back to the time when the land belonged to the zamindars of Surul. Any visit to Santiniketan would be incomplete without a glimpse into the local handicrafts. Our visit to Santiniketan was all too short -- we couldn't see the several other temples in the region which are under the care of the Arachaeological Survey of India and INTACH. www.blonnet.com /businessline/2000/10/09/stories/100972m3.htm   (638 words)

Rabindranath Tagore on education - Kathleen M. O'Connell His first experiments in adult education were carried out there as he gradually became aware of the acute material and cultural poverty that permeated the villages, as well as the great divide between the uneducated rural areas and the city elites. As an alternative to the existing forms of education, he started a small school at Santiniketan in 1901 that developed into a university and rural reconstruction centre, where he tried to develop an alternative model of education that stemmed from his own learning experiences. Santiniketan became a model for vernacular instruction and the development of Bengali textbooks; as well, it offered one of the earliest coeducational programs in South Asia. www.infed.org /thinkers/tagore.htm   (2158 words)

Rabindranath Tagore Santiniketan ha justificado esa convicción, demostrando que si la forma de encarar la educación es imaginativa y es la que corresponde a ese hombre o esa mujer, y si se cuenta con un espíritu libre para inspirar y guiar al alumno, no hay altura a la que este no pueda llegar. Santiniketan sigue siendo su verdadero centro, su hogar y nido, su preocupación primordial. La Universidad de Santiniketan, mientras tanto, había dejado atrás sus modestos comienzo, ampliando y enriqueciendo sus programas de estudios en todos los sentidos. www.angelfire.com /ar/fundapea/index5c.html   (1328 words)

Santiniketan travel guide - Wikitravel Santiniketan [1] is a city in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Santiniketan is well connected by buses from all around. Santiniketan is now connected with Kolkata by an excellent road. wikitravel.org /en/Santiniketan   (815 words)

Personality   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Smita spoke in a free-wheeling manner exclusively to netguruindia.com about her life, her pathos due to the annihilation of heritage, and her own reminiscences of the day - including some shameful anecdotes that are indelible in her memory - when Tagore bade adieu to the mundane world make the interview an interesting reading - Editor. Although I had spent quite a good part of my childhood in Santiniketan, my stay was intermittent to the zamindari attitude of my father. The milieu of Santiniketan in those days was absolutely different from the present one. www.netguruindia.com /cal/alaap/smita.html   (1485 words)

Tourism in Santiniketan, Santiniketan Tourism India, Tourism of Santiniketan, India Tourism Santiniketan remains a bit of an enigma, a small village, which is being rapidly overtaken by the city's false and temporary glamour. Just 9 km away from Santiniketan, on the bank of the river Kopai is Kankalitala considered one of the sacred Saktipithas. In the Ballavpur Forest, 4 km away from Santiniketan, is the Deer Park. www.tourism-of-india.com /santiniketan.html   (531 words)

The Globetrotters eNewsletter » Blog Archive » Santiniketan, West Bengal, India by Arjun Mukherjee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) Santiniketan is a tourist attraction also because Rabindranath lived here and penned many of his literary classics (namely Tagore songs, poems, novels etc.) and his home is a place of historical importance. In 1863, a meditation centre was founded at Santiniketan by Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, the father of the world famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. On your visit to Santiniketan you will notice yourself drawn to a place called the ashram that comprises all that Kabi Guru (Lord of Poets) Rabindranath Tagore had established. www.globetrotters.co.uk /newsletter/archive/2374   (572 words)

Santiniketan - A Poet’s Dream However, Santiniketan can never be a disappointment: it is not just a dressed-up tourist façade. Poush Utsav, a fair held at Santiniketan and Visva Bharati from 7th to 9th Poush (December), is observed to mark its foundation day. The nearest railway station to Santiniketan is Bolpur, which is connected to Calcutta. www.indianvisit.com /unexplored/santiniketan.htm   (462 words)

Santiniketan Sishutirtha - Caring for the helpless In no event will Santiniketan Sishutirtha be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from the use or in connection with such use or loss of use of the Site, whether in contract or in negligence. Anything you transmit or post becomes the property of Santiniketan Sishutirtha and may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, reproduction, disclosure, transmission, publication, broadcast and posting. Furthermore, Santiniketan Sishutirtha is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any communication you send to the Site for any purpose whatsoever including, but not limited to, developing, manufacturing and marketing products using such information. www.sishutirtha.net /en_terms_conditions.htm   (327 words)

The Telegraph - Calcutta : Jamshedpur He added that the designs, known as “Santiniketan prints”, are originally made at Bolpur and its adjoining villages. Reeti Singh, a student of St Xavier’s College, who was purchasing such a bag, said the main attraction of the bag lies in the fact that traditional themes portray the rich cultural heritage of our country. “Although lots of other bags are also available, the beauty of Santiniketan bags are that they are not only fashionable, but are also quite big and affordable,” she added. www.telegraphindia.com /1061128/asp/jamshedpur/story_7060475.asp   (466 words)

The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum For he created in Santiniketan and Visva Bharati University a sanctuary of freedom and promised its students freedom from fear and fanaticism, from the ugliness of heart and mind. When I joined Santiniketan as a student of sculpture, it was 85 long years after its foundation. In Santiniketan the highest regard is reserved for nature. www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20031116/spectrum/main5.htm   (1083 words)

The quintessential Indian artist Characteristically, right from the start of his study at Santiniketan, he gravitated towards a son of the soil like Ram Kinkar Baij on the one hand and Benode Bihari Mukherjee, with his Bhadralok background, on the other. He carries the content of Santiniketan's language with him still, as is evident from the work `Baul Family', of 1990. Indeed, his return to Santiniketan in 1980 as Professor of Painting, where he is still Professor Emeritus, was to be expected. www.frontlineonnet.com /fl2009/stories/20030509000807900.htm   (1436 words)

Free Article Santiniketan - The Home of Laureates - Amazines.com Article Search Engine On your visit to Santiniketan you will notice yourself drawn to a place called the asrham that comprises all that Kabi Guru (Lord of Poets) Rabindranath Tagore had established. Approximately 200 Kilometres North of Kolkata, Santiniketan is connected by road and rail. There are plenty of places to stay in Santiniketan. www.amazines.com /Self_Improvement/article_detail.cfm/141306?articleid=141306&Title=Santiniketan%20%2D%20The%20Home%20of%20Laureates   (655 words)

The Peninsula On-line: Qatar's leading English Daily Santiniketan, West Bengal: Amita Sen, mother of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen and a direct associate of world poet Rabindranath Tagore, has passed away — and with her an entire era. Her celebrated son was in a small village in Italy and would be able to reach Santiniketan only Wednesday, the economist’s former wife Nabanita Dev Sen said. “Tagore is his dhrubatara (guiding star) and Santiniketan is the place where he comes to seek peace,” Amita used to say of Amartya who visited her every winter towards the end of December when Santiniketan conducts its convocation and when the Paus Mela is held. www.thepeninsulaqatar.com /Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=August2005&file=World_News2005082313132.xml   (471 words)

Stolen Tagore memorabilia seized from Santiniketan Posing as foreign buyers, a team of cops led the operation and raided various premises in Bolpur and Santiniketan, the idyllic seat of learning established by the Nobel laureate, which is now the famous Visva-Bharati University. Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize medallion was stolen from Bichitra, the Tagore museum in Santiniketan, in March 2004. Among the other items stolen then were a pocket-watch that the poet used, gold buttons and cufflinks as well as gold bangles belonging to his wife Mrinalini Devi. news.webindia123.com /news/articles/India/20061017/482160.html   (214 words)

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