Kolkata (Calcutta) Trip Overview
Visit the hometown of famous writer and poet, Nobel Prize winner, and polymath Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan. Santiniketan is a small town a small town near Bolpur in West Bengal. Enjoy a pick up service from your hotel in Kolkata to take you to Santiniketan. When you arrive, you can start to explore the town where the Tagore family built and developed a university for the less fortunate, as well as having been the main source of inspiration for Rabindranath’s works and writings. Visit notable buildings and attractions such as Tagore’s ashram and the five houses he resided in, Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Rabindra Bhaban Museum, and more! A one day visit to this small town will surely satisfy your curiousity about the history of Santiniketan and of course the famous writer, Rabindranath Tagore.
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Duration: 14 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Visit the hometown of famous writer and poet, Nobel Prize winner, and polymath Rabindranath Tagore in Santiniketan. Santiniketan is a small town a small town near Bolpur in West Bengal. Enjoy a pick up service from your hotel in Kolkata to take you to Santiniketan. When you arrive, you can start to explore the town where the Tagore family built and developed a university for the less fortunate, as well as having been the main source of inspiration for Rabindranath’s works and writings. Visit notable buildings and attractions such as Tagore’s ashram and the five houses he resided in, Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati, Rabindra Bhaban Museum, and more! A one day visit to this small town will surely satisfy your curiousity about the history of Santiniketan and of course the famous writer, Rabindranath Tagore.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Santiniketan, Santiniketan, Birbhum District, West Bengal
10:00am arrive Santiniketan
Enjoy sightseeing in and around Santiniketan
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Tagore’s Ashram, Uttarayan Complex, Santiniketan India
Visit the Tagore’s Ashram and walk through the area, see the first building built by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, father of Rabindranath Tagore in 1863
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Chhatimtala, Vishwa Bharati Campus, Santiniketan 731235 India
Explore the Chhatimtala, a meditation or prayer place
Witness the Upasana Mandir, made of several coloured Belgium glasses with marble steps on all the four sides
Explore Tagore’s ashram, where he lived namely, Udayan, Konark, Shyamli, Punascha, and Udichi
Duration: 2 hours
