Tagore’s 164th birth anniv celebrated in Shahzadpur

National Desk :

A three-day festival marking the 164th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore began on Thursday at the historic Rabindra Kachari Bari in Shahzadpur here.

Organised by the Sirajganj district administration with support from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the event opened with discussions, recitations, music, and dance performances in the morning.

The celebration is being held at the Kachari Bari, a part of Tagore’s ancestral estate, where he spent significant time and drew deep inspiration for his literary works, reports BSS.

In a letter to his niece Indira Devi, Tagore once wrote, “Here (Shahzadpur) I get the inspiration of writing rather than any other place.”

During his stays, he penned parts of the play Bishorjon, as well as numerous poems and short stories featured in collections such as Sonar Tori, Chitra, Chaitali, Galpaguchchho, Chhinnapatra, Panchabhooter Diary, and Meyeli Chhara.

Researchers have also documented 38 letters written by him from this location.