164th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore
9 may 2025 celebrated as the 164th birth anniversary of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, a cultural icon, philosopher, poet, and visionary whose influence crosses generations.
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941 C.E.) was born into an aristocratic Bengali family in Jorasanko Thakur Bari, Kolkata, to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi.
He was a polymath who reshaped Bengali literature, music, and art and remains the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his profound collection of poems, Gitanjali
He was also referred to as ‘Gurudev’, ‘Kabiguru’, and ‘Biswakabi’.
He had spoken at the World Parliament for Religions in the years 1929 and 1937.
His notable works include Gitanjali, Ghare-Baire, Gora, Manasi, Balaka, Sonar Tori, He is also remembered for his song ‘Ekla Chalo Re’.
He published his first poems aged 16 under the pen-name ‘Bhanusimha’.
