Shantiniketan - শান্তিনিকেতন

Shantiniketan, endowed with exceptional scenic beauty is considered to be the epitome of Bengali intellect and culture. In 1863, Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, father of nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore started an ashram for yoga and meditation over here. Rabindranath began an experimental, 'open-air' classes in 1901 and named the school shantiniketan or the 'Abode of Peace'. In 1921, it became Visva Bharati University, which is now recognized as a great centre of oriental education and culture. It functions on Rabindranath's vision of learning, who believed in education as a way of life. The curriculum inculodes educational, cultural and other activities like agriculture, cottage industries etc.