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Welcome to Kolkata – Day Excursion: Day Trip To Santiniketan Tour Plan Discover the city of Kolkata on this 12 Hour Excursion tour. Hotel Pickup and drop. Car and Driver for your Full day Trip.
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Duration: 12 hours
Starts: Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Trip Category: Day Trips & Excursions >> Day Trips
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Welcome to Kolkata – Day Excursion: Day Trip To Santiniketan Tour Plan Discover the city of Kolkata on this 12 Hour Excursion tour. Hotel Pickup and drop. Car and Driver for your Full day Trip.
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Stop At: Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan, Santiniketan 731235 India
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Santiniketan, located in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India. It is a small town near Bolpur nearly 3 hours from Kolkata. Santiniketan was established by the famous Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. His vision transformed it into a university town, with Visva Bharati University at its fourfold. It has grown to become one of India’s most renowned places of higher learning. Santiniketan is also a world-renowned tourist attraction because Rabindranath Tagore wrote many of his literary classics here; his house is a place of historic importance.
Santiniketan was earlier called Bhubandanga (named after Bhuban Dakat, a local dacoit), and was owned by the Tagore family. In 1862, Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, while on a boat journey to Raipur, came across a landscape with red soil and meadows of lush green paddy fields. Rows of chhatim trees and date palms charmed him. He stopped to look, decided to plant more saplings and built a small house. He renamed it as Santiniketan. Santiniketan means abode (niketan) of peace (shanti). Santiniketan became a spiritual centre where people from all religions were invited to join for meditation and prayers. He founded an ‘Ashram’ here in 1863 and became the initiator of the Brahmo Samaj.
Airconditioned Car for Transport with Free Wifi and Knowledgeable Car Driver
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Tagore’s Ashram, Uttarayan Complex, Santiniketan India
Visit to Tagore’s Ashram
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Amar Kutir, Barabetia, Diamond Tower-II. Kopai River, Santiniketan 731235 India
Visit To Amar Kutir
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kala Bhavana, Grandeur Complex, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan India
Visit to Kala Bhavana
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Chhatimtala, Vishwa Bharati Campus, Santiniketan 731235 India
Visit to Chhatimtala
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Patha Bhavan, Near Viswa- Bharati University, Santiniketan India
Visit to Patha Bhavan
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Prakriti Bhavan, Amar kutir Road Bolpur, Santiniketan India
Visit to Prakriti Bhavan
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sangeet Bhavana, University Complex Near Bolpur, Santiniketan India
Visit to Sangeet Bhavana
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Vidya Bhavana, Visva Bharati University Complex, Bolpur, Santiniketan India
Visit to Vidya Bhavana
Duration: 30 minutes
