Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan, a place where heritage and the earthy aroma of red soil embrace every corner, witnessed an unprecedented Basanta Utsav this year—one without colors. For the first time in its history, this iconic celebration was held two days prior to Dol Purnima, on March 11, 2025. While the authorities emphasized the need to … Read more
Also Read: A Colorless Basanta Utsav 2025 at Santiniketan Basanta Utsav 2025, the most colorful festival of Santiniketan, is set to be celebrated on Friday, 14 March 2025 (শুক্রবার, ২৯ শে ফাল্গুন, ১৪৩১ বঙ্গাব্দ) at Mela Prangan, Purba Palli, Santiniketan. Basanta utsav, Santiniketan, is not celebrated as a religious festival but as a festival of … Read more
The Rich History Raja Rammohan Roy, along with prominent figures of Brahmo ideology, organized a ‘dharmasava’ at the house of Bengali Christian Kamal Krishna Basu in Upper Chitpur, North Kolkata, on 20 August 1828 (৬ ই ভাদ্র ১২৩৫ বঙ্গাব্দ). This meeting was named ‘Brahmasava’. They decided to conduct the meeting weekly on every Saturday. The … Read more
Christoutsav also known as Christo Utsav or Christo Janmoutsav (in Bengali খ্রিস্ট উৎসব বা খ্রিস্টোৎসব) is a unique and attractive festival celebrated annually on December 25th at the Upasana Griha (also known as the Glass House or Kanch Mandir) in Santiniketan, Birbhum. This festival represents unity, harmony, and cultural integration, reflecting Rabindranath Tagore’s vision of … Read more
Basanta Utsav literally means the ‘celebration of spring’. Falgun and Chaitra according to the Bengali calendar is the season of Dol Utsav. During this season nature shows its own beauty with colorful flowers of Palash, Shimul etc. The beautiful tradition of celebrating spring festival in Bengal was first started by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore at … Read more
Nandan Mela, the art fair organized by Kala Bhavana on its campus, on 1st and 2nd December every year before the birthday of Nandalal Bose, to commemorate his birth anniversary. Nandalal Bose took charge of Kala Bhavana in 1922 and is considered to be the man who shaped the institute. The master-artist believed that a … Read more
After a long four-year period, Visva-Bharti and Santiniketan Trust will conduct the glorious Poush Mela 2024 (also spelled as Pous Mela; in Bengali this is ‘পৌষ মেলা’) at Santiniketan. The last mela was celebrated in the year 2019 by Visva-Bharti and Santiniketan Trust. After that, Bolpur-Santiniketan Poush Mela was conducted by the Government of West … Read more
The history of Pous Mela (Poush Mela) coincides with the ceremonial opening of the Upasana Griha (Prayer Hall) of Santiniketan. The opening day celebration of the Bhramha Prayer Hall in Santiniketan was held on 21 December 1891 (7th Poush 1298 of Bengali Calendar). In 1888, the Santiniketan Trust Deed was drawn; provision was made for … Read more
On July 14, 1928, Rabindranath Tagore started the Vriksharopana Utsav (Tree Planting Ceremony) by planting a bokul sapling in Pearson Pally neighbouring. This tree planting festival, or Vriksharopana at Santiniketan, was initiated by Tagore regularly in 1936, and since then it has been continued as a Santiniketan ritual. This seasonal festival at Santiniketan is picturesque … Read more
The students of Palli Samgathana Vibhaga, Sriniketan, for last few years, have been organising a fair on 27th November commemorating the birth anniversary of Rathindranath Tagore, son of Rabindranath Tagore.
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