An International University founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore where the cultures of the East & the West could convene and intermingle. Named Vishva-Bharati, the University represents Indian civilization while incorporating the most excellent of other cultures. Shantiniketan, the residence of tranquility, was originally an Ashram or hermitage founded in 1863 by Maharishi

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Devendranath Tagore. In 1901 his son, Rabindranath rehabilitated it into a tentative open-air educate with just five students. It proved an achievement. He widened the compass of studies which steadily shaped the core of a University.

Open air learning as divergent to being confined in the four walls of a classroom became a realism at this time. Prominent populace from all over the planet came to Visva-Bharati for the duration of its climax stage. Visva-Bharati became a Central University in 1951. There are colleges of discipline, instructor training, Hindi, Sino-Indian studies, arts and crafts, and music and dance. Tagore called the place 'the cargo of my life's best treasure', but in the late 1990s he'd in all probability be distressed by the method the university has become a great deal like any other in India. Lectures are accused of favoritism, exam papers are leaked and alumnae go for an occupation with multinationals to a certain extent than with rural renewal programmes as Tagore wished-for. Wealthy Bengalis are at the present edifice holiday homes in the locale. Though it's still a very serene situate, there's slight in visiting if not you have a precise concentration in Tagore.Another interesting feature about Santiniketan is that splendid sculptures, frescoes, murals and paintings of Rabindranath, Nandlal Bose, Ramkinkar, Bindobehari Mukhopadhyaya and others adorn the campus.

Access
Air
The nearest airport is Calcutta 213 km.
Rail
The nearest railhead is Bolpur, 2 km away. Trains connecting Bolpur with Howrah/Sealdah (Calcutta) are 3015/3016 Howrah-Bolpur Shantiniketan Exp, 3133/3134 Sealdah-Mughalsarai Exp, 3071/3072 Howrah-Jamalpur Exp, 2557/ 2558 Kanchenjunga Exp., 335/336 Vishwabharati Fast Pgr., Shantiniketan Exp., Danapur Fast Pgr. and Tarapith Passenger.

Road
Good motorable roads connect Shantiniketan with Calcutta 213 kms (Bolpur 2-Panagarh 44-Burdwan 48-Calcutta 119), Durgapur 56 kms, Sarnath 197 kms
Local Transport
Tourist cars and buses available from the Manager, Tourist Lodge. Charges according to distance and time.