Rabindranath Tagore’s Birthday is celebrated worldwide as Robindra Jayanti on this day (25th Baisakh accordingly Bengali Calendar).
Rabindranath Tagore was born in the year 1861. He was also known as Biswakabi,Bhanusingha, Gurudev.
Gurudev is the first non European to receive Nobel Prize in literature on 1913. He opened a new side and taste of literature to the world.
He established Santiniketan at Bolpur, India to establish a New way of teachings in the midst of nature, worshipping and caring mother nature.
Gurudev was a Composer, lyricist,poet, essayist and painter. There is a saying, that no one can read out all Gurudev’s work in a lifetime .
Gurudev is the only person in world whose composed songs are National Anthem of two countries (India and Bangladesh).
Gurudev given the Name Mahatma to M. K. Gandhi during freedom movement of India. Gurudev actively taken part in the freedom movement by writing poems and songs.
Gurudedev’s one of the writing says
"
Where the mind is without fear
and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been
broken up into fragments by the tireless efforts of men;
Where words come out from
the depth of truth;
Where the currents of tireless striving originate
and flow without hindrance all over;
Where the clear stream of reason and thoughts has not lost its way into the dreary
desert sand of lowly habits and deeds;
Where the valour is not divided in 100 different streams;
Where all the deeds, emotions are blissfully given by you
My father, strike the sleeping India without mercy,
so that she may awaken into such a heaven."
Joy Gurudev.