Shantiniketan
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| State : | West Bengal | ||
| District : | Birbhum | ||
| Location : | 23 ° 41 ′ N , 87 ° 41 ′ E | ||
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Shantiniketan ( Bengali : শান্তিনিকেতন , Śāntiniketan ; literally: " Home of Peace"; formerly also: Santiniketan ) is a place in the Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal . It forms a district of the municipality of Bolpur .
Rabindranath Tagore gave the place its name and founded the Visva-Bharati University here in 1901 . Tagore's house is now a museum.
Shantiniketan lives from tourism and has numerous festivals. It is the birthplace of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen .
Sons and daughters (selection)
- Amartya Sen (* 1933), Indian economist and philosopher
Web links
Commons : Shantiniketan - collection of images, videos and audio files
