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Jorasanko Thakur Bari

Rabindranath Thakur - the great poet was born and died in this house
at Jorasanko, Kolkata. In the first picture, the room above the
portico is the room where the poet lasts his breath. And he used to
live in the adjacent room of first floor. A big statue of the poet in
black can visible at the right. In the second picture, one can see the
statue of Debendra Nath Thakur, father of Rabindranath. And the
building of Thakur Bari is now Rabindra Bharati University.

--
A. B.

Comments

Kerry said…
Nice post about kolkata
Unknown said…
Good post..Rabi thakur is our pride always shines ....
Unknown said…
Good post

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