Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Heritage Places to see in Santiniketan Visva Bharati List 2


Heritage Places/Top tourist places to see in Santiniketan / Places to visit in Santiniketan:-


Visva Bharati University    
The Visva Bharati University at Shantiniketan is world famous and is acknowledged as one of the greatest temples of learning in Fine art and Literature in India. Founded by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in 1901, the university has always defined the standards of literary excellence and its fine arts division carries on the Gurudev's tradition of uncompromising and unparalleled standards of excellence. Maharshi Debendranath, father of Rabindranath Tagore, founded an Ashram here in 1863. Almost 40 years later, his son Rabindranath started an open-air school here that gradually blossomed into an international university where the cultures of the East and the West meet in common fellowship. The university today is a center of international culture and studies and has two campuses, one at Shantiniketan and another at Sriniketan. 

China Bhavana
China Bhavana is a centre for Chinese studies that focuses on developing relationship between India and China. Natir Puja, a dance drama of Tagore is painted on its wall under the guidance of Nandalal Bose, pioneering Indian artist..

Hindi Bhavan   
Rabindranath Tagore understood the importance of the language Hindi in integrating the Indian society, so a centre for learning Hindi was also established inside Santiniketan that is named Hindi Bhavana.

Kala Bhavana
In 1919, Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore established Kala Bhavan, the centre for study and research in visual arts in India, in the complex of Viswa Bharati University. The subjects offered here include history of art, painting, sculpture, graphics and artistic design on which graduate and diploma courses are available.

Sangeet Bhavan                     
In the year 1919, Rabindranath Tagore had set up Sangeet Bhavana as a centre for promoting folk dance, arts, drama and music. Providing training in Hindustani classical instrumental music, vocal music and Rabindrasangeet are the speciality of this centre. It also teaches musical dance dramas, which were composed by the bard himself incorporating styles of Manipuri and Kathakali dance.

Vidya Bhavan   
In 1925, Rabindranath Tagore founded Vidya Bhavan, which is the study centre for the social sciences and humanities. It is situated in Santiniketan’s Viswa Bharati University complex. Here regular graduate and undergraduate courses are offered.

Siksha Bhavan
‘Siksha’ is the word for science in Sanskrit and Siksha Bhavan means a centre for studying science. This centre was established by Rabindranath Tagore, which is situated inside the campus of Viswa Bharati University.
Here Graduate and Postgraduate degrees are offered on subjects like statistics, mathematics, zoology, chemistry, botany and biotechnology. Computer courses like MCA are also offered by this centre, and many national and international seminars and conventions are also conducted for the progress of various science subjects.

Patha Bhavan   
There are two institutions in Santiniketan that are associated with the Viswa- Bharati University offering primary and secondary education. One is Shiksha Satra and the other is Patha Bhavana.
Patha Bhavana has a Gurukul system of ashrams, where students get chance to learn from nature.

Nippon Bhavan       
It collaborates with some centres of the University and the department of Japanese studies is currently situated in the Nippon Bhavan.
The library of this centre has many books, mainly catering to Japanese culture, literature and artistic features. To develop the relation between India and Japan and help in the research, many Japanese scholars pay a visit to this centre.

Museum and Archive
Situated in Uttranyana complex, it contains the original manuscript, paintings and personal belongings of Rabindranath. Archive has a Library and research wing.


 

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