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West
Bengal ( Santiniketan )
INTRODUCTION
About 161 km from Howrah is Bolpur
station. Once an insignificant village, it is now
world-famous, for 3 km from it lies Santiniketan. 'The
abode of peace'. Here Rabindranath Tagore, the
great poet of modern India, founded the Visva-Bharti
University, a new experiment in education and a centre
of Indian culture. Here, there are faculties for the
study of comparative religions, philosophy, Chinese and
Indian classics, and the fine arts. It attracts
students from all over India and overseas.
Among the places worth seeing in
Santiniketan is Rabindra Bhavan, where the poet's
personal belongings, his manuscripts, his painting and
the various editions of his works kept in a museum.
Near Santiniketan is Sriniketan whose cottage industry
products make good souvenirs.
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