Posts Tagged ‘traval to india’

Hetampur in West Bengal

These Birbhum towns are rich with landmarks from ancient Bengal. Birbhum’s oldest college, Krishnachandra College is at Hetampur. The college was formerly the Ranjan Palace of Raja Ramranjan Chakrabarty of Murshidabad.
Hetampur, Birsinghpur and Rajnagar have relics of the Hindu Rajas of Birbhum. The ruins of Raja Birsingh’s palace are at Birsingpur.These towns of Birbhum are [...]

Santiniketan-Bolpur

“Cargo of my life’’s best treasure”, is how the great poet and Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore described Shantiniketan. Established in 1863 by his father, Debendranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore started experimental open-air classes for students in 1901 and called it Shantiniketan or the Abode of Peace. Gurudev Tagore developed this small school for five students to [...]

Santiniketan Griha

The oldest building of Santiniketan.