Replica Of Tagore's 'Padma' Boat In The City

"he padma, tomai amai dekha shata shatabar..." The great poet
Rabindranath Tagore once expressed his emotions through 'Chaitali' -
the collection of poems. He was then on the boat Padma on the river
Padma. The poet used to spend several hours on this boat while stayed
at Patisar, the zamindari estate in Kushthia of Bangladesh. He loved
to be on this boat and had created so many famous poems on board of
this boat.
Yesterday, the cultural minister of Bangladesh, handed over the
replica of this luxurious boat to the vice-chancellor of Rabindra
Bharati University, Kolkata.

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A. B.