Question

Why is Rabindranath Tagore known as bard of Bengal?

Answer 1

Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, in the Jorasanko Thakur Bari in Kolkata to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. His birth anniversary falls on the 25th day of the Bengali month of Boishakh and is popularly called ‘Pachishe Boishakh’.Tagore is also referred to as ‘The Bard of Bengal’. He modernized Bengali art by rejecting rigid classical forms and resisting linguistic limits.

• The prolific artist enticed the Bengali audience with his wide-ranging poetry, stories, and paintings which overturned the conventional ideas and practices in the society
• His novels, stories, songs, dance dramas, and essays spoke of topics, political and personal, and were popularly known for their lyricism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation.
• In 1901 he founded an experimental school in rural West Bengal at Shanti Niketan, where he sought to blend the best in the Indian and Western traditions, which became Visva-Bharati University in 1921.