Jorasanko Thakur Bari

Jorasanko Thakur Bari (Bengali: House of the Thakurs (anglicised to Tagore)) in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is currently located on the Rabindra Bharati University campus at 6/4 Dwarakanath Tagore Lane[1] Jorasanko, Kolkata 700007.[2] It is the house in which the poet and first non-European Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was born. It is also the place where he spent most of his childhood and died on 7 August 1941.

Background

It was built in the 18th century on the land donated by the famous Sett family of burrabazar to ‘Prince’ Dwarkanath Tagore (Rabindranath Tagore's grandfather). Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was born here.[3]

Tagore Museum

The house has been restored to reflect the way the household looked when the Tagore family lived in it and currently serves as the Tagore museum for Kolkata. It offers details about the history of the Tagore family including its involvement with the Bengal Renaissance and the Brahmo Samaj.[4]

Visits and programmes
Panchise Baisakh Celebration at Jorasanko Thakur Bari

Apart from the heritage routine, Rabindra Bharati University organizes regular cultural programmes on the poet’s birthday, Panchise Baisakh, when thousands flock to Jorasanko Thakur Bari,[5][6] and on other occasions, such as his death anniversary, Baishe Shravan.[7] It also organises a festival of arts, Aban Mela.[8]

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See also
  • Tagore Memorial Museum, at Shilaidaha Kuthibadi, Shilaidaha, Bangladesh
  • Santiniketan

References
  1. "Rabindra Bharti Museum (Jorasanko Thakurbari),". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  2. "Tagore House (Jorasanko Thakurbari)".
  3. "Jorasanko Thakurbari". Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  4. Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine Rabindra Bharati Museum Kolkata
  5. Looking at a landmark Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Statesman
  6. Remembering Tagore, Statesman News Service Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Statesman
  7. Tram fest tribute to Tagore death anniversary Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine Statesman News Service
  8. ART REVIEW: Colours of Jorasanko Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Statesman

Kolkata/North Kolkata travel guide from Wikivoyage

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