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Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India.
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"When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less Important whether I am afraid." -Audre Lorde
The area is flanked on two sides by th rivers, the Ajay and the Kopai. Although the overall environment of the sorrounding area have changed with time, the core area of Santiniketan has retained its closeness with nature.
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky." -Rabindranath Tagore
Shantiniketan is a place very close to nature, which makes me fall in love with this place again and again.
Visva-Bharti University Shantiniketan, West Bengal
Bolpur was a small place in the middle of 19th century. It grew as Santiniketan grew.
Long way to go...
Approximately 180 km north of Kolkata. Shantiniketan was established by Maharshi Devendranath Tagore, and later expanded by his son Rabindranath Tagore whose vision become what is now a University town, Visva-Bharti University.
A certain portion of Bolpur was a part of zamindari of Sinha family of Raipur.
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