Every year May 7 is celebrated as Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti, as on this day the great Indian polymath was born. Rabindranath Tagore birthplace is Calcutta, now known as Kolkata. Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is an annual cultural festival celebrated by Bengalis around the world.  This day falls on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh. On Rabindranath Tagore's birthday, various cultural programmes, events, poetries, dramas and dance are organised by various schools and colleges of Bengal. Unfortunately, this year due to coronavirus pandemic, no activities will take place outdoors in the form of mass gathering. However, you can celebrate Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020, by downloading images and HD wallpapers from below which are absolutely free. You can send across these Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti images to your friends and contacts via WhatsApp messages in the form of greetings. By doing this you can become part of the Nobel Laureate birth anniversary.

On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti, people from the field of art and literature pay tribute to his work. Tagore's birth anniversary is largely celebrated at Santiniketan, Birbhum in West Bengal, chiefly in Visva-Bharati University, the institution founded by Tagore himself for the cultural, social and educational upliftment of the students as well as the society. Rabindranath Tagore is the first non-European to win Noble Prize in Literature in the year 1913. Tagore modernised Bengali art by spurning rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic strictures. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. Rabindranath Tagore's composition Jana Gana Mana and Amar Shonar Bangla was chosen by India and Bangladesh respectively as their national anthem.

As we celebrate Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020, we bring you greetings and messages that you may send to your family and friends on the birthday of the great Indian poet and artist. You can send Tagore's birth anniversary wishes via WhatsApp, which is the most commonly used platform these days. You can also share these Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020 messages, HD images and wallpapers on Facebook, Telegram, Instagram, and Twitter.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Photo Credits: File Image)

WhatsApp Message Reads: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020!

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Photo Credits: File Image)

WhatsApp Message Reads: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020!

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Photo Credits: File Image)

WhatsApp Message Reads: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020!

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Photo Credits: File Image)

WhatsApp Message Reads: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020!

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti (Photo Credits: File Image)

WhatsApp Message Reads: Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020!

Rabindranath Tagore died on August 7, 1941, leaving with us his well-known works like Gitanjali, Gora, Nastanirh, Jogajog to name a few. Every Indian should learn and appreciate the work of the great artist on Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2020.

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