Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is an annual celebration that marks the birth anniversary of India’s famous writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore. Born on May 7, 1861, in Kolkata, Tagore was a multifaceted personality whose contributions to literature, music, art, and education are well known. Rabindranath Tagore's birthday anniversary is celebrated on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh since Tagore was born on this day in the year 1268 of the Bengali calendar (1861 AD). This year, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. It will be the 163rd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore this year. In West Bengal, Tagore Jayanti is popularly known as Poncheeshe Boishakh. Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti Images & HD Wallpapers for Free Download Online: WhatsApp Status, Quotes and Messages for Rabindranath Tagore's Birth Anniversary.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti Date

Rabindranath Tagore was known as the Bard of Bengal, who composed the national anthems of India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. He received the Nobel Prize in 1913 for his poetry collection ‘Gitanjali’. In West Bengal, Rabindranath Tagore anniversary is observed as per local Bengali calendar. The day of Boishakh 25th currently overlaps with either May 8 or May 9 in the Gregorian calendar. However, in other states across India, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is observed as per the Gregorian calendar on May 7.

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Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti Celebrations

On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, several cultural programmes and events, such as Kabipranam– the songs usually known as Rabindra Sangeet, poetries, dances and dramas, written and composed by Tagore, are organised in schools, colleges and universities in Bengal. The day is also celebrated by different groups abroad, as a tribute to Tagore and his works. Tagore’s birth anniversary is celebrated with great fanfare 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.

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