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Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Date, History and Inspirational Quotes

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is celebrated on May 7 or 9, 2023, to... Read More
Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Rabindranath Jayanti is dedicated to a great Bengali poet, novelist, writer and philosopher. This day is celebrated all over India. As per Hindu calendar, this day is being celebrated today, May 7, 2023. As per Bengali Calendar, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is being celebrated on 25th day of Boisakh which is on May 9, 2023. In the year 2023, this will be 162nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Life Story

Rabindranath Tagore was a famous Bengali poet and writer. He was born to mother Sarada Devi and father Debendranath Tagore, on 7th May 1861 in Jorasanko Thakurbai in Kolkata. He belonged to a affluent family and was the youngest member in the family. He had a desire to explore new things in life.

He was popularly known as Bard of Bengal and people used to call him Gurudev. He has made his contribution in the field of art and literature and the contribution he has made for Bengal and English literature is beyond compare. In the year 1913, he was the first Non-European, who received the noble prize for poetry collection named ‘Gitanjali’ which was the biggest achievement.

Rabindranath Tagore was also an influential artist and musician. He wrote around 2230 songs and painted 3000 painting. He even composed National Anthem of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Viswa Bharti University, which was known as Shantiniketan founded by Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Inspirational Quotes

1. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door- or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.

2. Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.

3. You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.

4. Depth of friendship does not depend on the length of acquaintance.

5. Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.

6. We come nearest of the great when we are great in the Humility.

7. Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free.

8. It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.

9. The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.

10. Love's gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.

Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti: FAQs

  1. When is Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti as per Bengali Calendar?According to the Bengali Calendar, Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is going to be celebrated on May 9, 2023.
  2. How Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti is celebrated?This day is celebrated in schools and colleges by telling his life story and reciting his famous quotes etc.
  3. Why Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti will be celebrated on May 9, 2023?The birth anniversary of Bengali poet, novelist and scholar is celebrated on May 9 according to the Bengali Calendar - Boisakh.
Top Comment
Bijayananda Mishra
577 days ago
WHISPERSRemember the golden name of the people,The sub-continent outpour love,Flood the reminiscences of freedom,Song millions of tearful eyes respect,National anthem of twin countries,Sing your inks overwhelms uniting.Teenage, we read innumerable stories,Heart touching linger for life long,Left the consequences of life in society,Generations ponder about stories,Left purposefully to the reader well,Humanity poses questions in myriad forms,Who sales bangles find the widow,Floods in the Ganges swept a child,Life not only waits for the news but reader,Hundreds of stories and study books detail,Enchanting across all age stories,Life passed sweetly with Rabindra Sangeet,Walking in the evening marrow lanes,Kolkata inspires with the songs sweetly,Practices a people's favorite fascinating,Inspire the ancient country in recent times,Remain united O people forget divisions,The cast creed religion stone wall divide,The freedom safe secured people united,Innumerable poems quickly fix fractures,Light up the faces of mistrusted minds,Smilingly hugging different communities,The conviction belief inks inspiring,National flags of both countries profess,Stay united to ensure freedom, equality,The poet is becoming immortalized,Searched divine Gurudev his story,Lord whispered in his dream to visit,Lord will come by a chariot, and he waited,The leather smith was shouting,His focus was on the road and trolleys,In the darkness got a reply from the Lord,I came as a leather smith but ignored,Every living being is my abode I reside,The seer got the grace of the Lord he dreamed of,Paradise he silently dreams, and a cottage,Lord invites him to be his home,The mortal remains he left here is living soul,Bow nation's head in respect to the time,His spirit descended on the land in a chain,His poems, stories, and books are living,His pen can play wonder astonishingly,The wind blows in the mind of the reader gently,Springs get alive reader is dreaming,River Padma and Bhagirathi enliven sight,The water-air fabric of society is distinct,Local legends, myths, call of Kabuliwala,Biwa Bharati great university propagates,Whispers of Kabuliwala as if real,Thakur painted the picture of still walking,In myriads of narrow roads of Kolkata.Pen: Bijayananda MishraTitle of Poem: WhispersThemes: Birth anniversary of TagoreShared: 9th May 2023, Cuttack@ Copywrite
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