Kuthibari readied to celebrate Rabindranath’s birth anniv

A three-day festival will begin on Wednesday at Shiladaha Kuthibari in Kushtia to celebrate the birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Bishwakabi Rabindranath Tagore.

On the 25th of Baishakh in 1268 Bengali calendar, Rabindranath, the fountainhead of Bengali wisdom, was born in Jorasanko of Kolkata in West Bengal, India.

He reshaped Bengali literature and music as well as arts of Indian subcontinent with contextual modernism.

Kushtia deputy commissioner and the celebration committee chairman Md Aslam Hossain told BSS that on the occasion of 158th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, an elaborate programme has been chalked out by the cultural ministry, Kushtia district administration and archaeology department.

The Kuthibari has been renovated and decorated for the occasion.

Acting general secretary of ruling Bangladesh Awami League Mahbubul Alam Hanif will inaugurate the programme.

Beginning at 9:00am, the festival will continue until 5:00pm every day.

A total of 13 CCTV cameras will ensure security for visitors and continuous monitoring of the area during the festival.

Tagore came to Shilaidaha in November 1889 to look after his family estate. It was his first visit to Shilaidaha.

The legendary poet breathed his last at his paternal residence in Kolkata on 22 Sraban of Bangla year 1348 (7 August 1941).