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Rabindranath Tagore

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Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath

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84 sources · 40 books · 17 photographs · 8 documents · 6 speeches · 5 artifacts · 4 paintings · 1 sculpture · 1 documentary · 1 diary entry · 1 letter

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Title page of the book Gitanjali (Song Offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore, a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali, with an introduction by W. B. Yeats, published by Macmillan and Co., London, 1913.Book

Primary source

Song Offerings

Rabindranath Tagore · 1912

Black and white photograph of Rabindranath Tagore leaving a building, Sigtuna, May 1921.Photograph

Primary source

Tagore Leaves the Sigtuna Foundation

Bertil Waldén · May 1921

Title page of Gitanjali (Song Offerings) by Rabindranath Tagore, a collection of prose translations made by the author from the original Bengali, with an introduction by W. B. Yeats. Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1913.Book

Primary source

Gitanjali

Rabindranath Tagore · 1910

Black and white photograph of Rabindranath Tagore standing with K.B. Westman and M. Björkqvist, Sigtuna, May 1921.Photograph

Primary source

Tagore with K.B. Westman and M. Björkqvist

Bertil Waldén · May 1921

Piano sheet music score titled 'Jana Gana Mana' by Rabindranath Tagore, in D minor/F major key with 4/4 time, tempo 96, two staves (treble clef) with dynamics like f, p, ff and a fermata at the end.Document

Primary source

Jana Gana Mana

Rabindranath Tagore · 11 December 1911

Black and white photograph of Rabindranath Tagore arriving at a building with several other people, Sigtuna, May 1921.Photograph

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Tagore Comes to the Sigtuna Foundation

Bertil Waldén · May 1921

Piano score sheet music in G major, 6/8 time, tempo 160, two staves (treble and bass) with eight-measure-style phrases of eighth and dotted-quarter notes, showing the opening notes of Amar Sonar Bangla.Document

Primary source

Amar Sonar Bangla

Rabindranath Tagore · c. 1905 (disputed)

Sepia-toned portrait photograph of an elderly man with white hair and a long, full white beard, wearing a dark loose garment, looking directly at the camera against a dark background. The print shows worn edges and creases.Photograph

Primary source

Portrait Photograph of Rabindranath Tagore

Black and white profile-angle photograph of a bearded man with wavy hair, wearing a draped light robe, looking to the left against a plain grey background.Photograph

Primary source

Portrait of Rabindranath Tagore

1909

Black-and-white photograph of two seated men side by side. The man on the left has wild, tousled hair and a mustache and wears a dark suit and tie. The man on the right has a long white beard and white hair and wears a dark robe-like coat.Photograph

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Einstein and Tagore, Berlin, 14 July 1930

Martin Vos · 14 July 1930

Black-and-white photograph of two elderly men seated side by side indoors. The man on the left has white hair and a full white beard and wears a loose light robe. The man on the right is bald, wears round-framed glasses, and is wrapped in a white shawl, with his hands folded in his lap.Photograph

Primary source

Tagore and Gandhi, 1940

Unknown author · 1940

Title page of The Home and the World by Sir Rabindranath Tagore, translated, published by Macmillan and Co., Limited, St. Martin's Street, London, 1921. Faint library stamp reading 'Seen by Preservation Services' at lower right.Book

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The Home and the World

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

Cover of a grey cloth-bound book with a white UC-NRLF library barcode label at top, handwritten call numbers 'JC 311 T3 1917a Case B' on the left, and faded marks along the spine and lower right corner.Book

Primary source

Nationalism

Rabindranath Tagore · 1917

Book

Primary source

The Postmaster

Rabindranath Tagore

Interior of a marble-floored room with framed black-and-white portraits of a bearded man on two walls, a draped alcove with a framed photo on a cabinet, a brass pot with flowers, and potted palms.Artifact

Secondary source

Jorasanko Thakur Bari

18th century

Front cover of a light blue book titled 'The Religion of Man' by Rabindranath Tagore, with a blue heraldic crest reading 'Fidem Rectumque Colendo' and the words 'Hibbert Lectures'. The cover is worn with spots.Document

Primary source

Note on the Nature of Reality

Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein · 1930

Handwritten manuscript page with Bengali script at top and interleaved English lines in cursive ink, including 'My fancies are fireflies, speaks of living light, twinkling in the dark' and 'The butterfly does not count years but moments, and therefore has enough time.' Page number 5 at top right.Document

Primary source

Tagore Handwritten Bengali Manuscript Page

Rabindranath Tagore · 1926

A painting in red, orange, and dark brown tones showing an abstract, stylized figure with flowing, curving lines and striped bands, set against a dark background with warm, textured strokes.Painting

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Untitled Dancing Girl

Rabindranath Tagore

Painting of a woman's face framed by a dark hooded veil or shawl against a pale tan background. She has large downcast eyes, a small mouth, and a pale oval face, rendered in muted browns, mauves and ochres.Painting

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Woman Face

Rabindranath Tagore

Dark bronze bust of an elderly bearded man with a high forehead, deep-set eyes, long flowing beard and hair, on a plain pedestal against a cream wall with a spotlight from above.Sculpture

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Bust of Rabindranath Tagore

Jacob Epstein · 1926

Black and white studio portrait of a man in a light coat with a patterned shawl standing beside a seated woman in a draped white veil and striped skirt, with a large ornate urn and leafy plant on a stone balustrade behind them.Photograph

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Rabindranath Tagore and Mrinalini Devi, 1883

c. 1883

Black-and-white photograph of a standing young man in a long embroidered robe and a patterned cap, hands clasped at his waist. Caption below reads 'R. Tagor (1873-1874)'.Photograph

Primary source

Rabindranath Tagore, 1873

1873-1874

Book

Primary source

Sādhanā: The Realisation of Life

Rabindranath Tagore · 1913

Front cover of a book titled 'The Religion of Man' in blue lettering on a pale blue background, with a blue heraldic crest bearing the motto 'Fidem Rectumque Colendo' and the words 'Hibbert Lectures' below. The author's name, Rabindranath Tagore, appears at the bottom.Book

Primary source

The Religion of Man

Rabindranath Tagore · 1931

Book

Primary source

Chokher Bali

Rabindranath Tagore · 1903

Cover of the book Sahaj Path, printed in green on cream paper. A large green block with white Bengali title lettering sits at top. Below, a green tree is framed by lines. Bengali text reads 'প্রথম ভাগ' at lower left and 'রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর' at lower right.Book

Primary source

Sahaj Path

Rabindranath Tagore

Black-and-white photograph of an elderly bearded man in a long robe and dark cap seated in a wicker chair, with a woman in a light-colored dress and wide-brimmed hat sitting on the grass beside him. Trees and a building are visible in the background.Photograph

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Rabindranath Tagore and Victoria Ocampo at Villa Ocampo

Unknown · 1924

Group photograph of nine men posed on and before a steps in front of wooden doors, with a vertical Chinese couplet on the left. A bearded man with long white hair and robes sits in the upper right, while others wear suits, glasses, and traditional long gowns.Photograph

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Tagore at Tsinghua University

Unknown · 1924

Sepia-toned studio portrait of a bearded man with wavy hair, looking directly at the camera, wearing a dark draped garment. Head and shoulders are shown against a plain light background.Photograph

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Portrait of Rabindranath Tagore by Sukumar Ray

Sukumar Ray · 1905-1906

A dim, muted painting of a small figure in a long pale robe with a grey head, leaning on a staff, standing on a vast dark-green and brown ground beneath a deep blue-grey sky. The figure is at the right edge.Painting

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Rabindranath in the Role of 'Blind Singer'

Abanindranath Tagore · 1916

Black-and-white drawing of a stylized head resembling a mask, with a large oval eye and a curved beaked outline, set in profile on a long neck above shoulders filled with dense dark hatching. A face in profile appears at the right edge.Painting

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Mask-like Pastel Drawing

Rabindranath Tagore · undated

A black ink line drawing of a cursive handwritten signature on a white background, with large looping strokes, a flourished underline, and small dots below the letters.Document

Primary source

Signature of Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Black and white stylized design of a curved, boomerang-like shape with a bold outline and an inner swirl and nested curved forms. It sits on a grey background, with small handwritten characters in the bottom right corner.Artifact

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"Ra-Tha" Seal of Rabindranath Tagore

Front facade of a two-storey pink colonial-style mansion with a tiered roof, a central spire, decorative cross-shaped vents on the balcony railing, arched green-shuttered windows, and a central wrought-iron gate approached by steps and a path flanked by flowering shrubs and palm trees under a pale sky.Artifact

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Shilaidaha Rabindra Kuthibadi

built 19th century; museum since 1986

The Bengali script words 'নটীর পূজা' in black text on a white background, the title of the work.Documentary

Primary source

Natir Puja

Rabindranath Tagore · 1932

Framed title page of the Bengali musical play Valmiki Pratibha, printed in black on cream paper. A woman with a halo sits and rests her head on her hand beside a lotus pond, with flowers and foliage bordering the page. Bengali text gives the title, the form Giti-natya, and the printing details: Calcutta, Adi Brahma Samaj press, Kalidas Chakravarti.Book

Primary source

Valmikipratibha

Rabindranath Tagore · 1881

Title page of a Bengali book. Top reads 'মানসী' (Manasi), below it 'রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর' (Rabindranath Thakur). A small square emblem sits in the middle. At the bottom, the publisher line reads 'বিশ্বভারতী গ্রন্থনবিভাগ' and 'কলিকাতা' (Calcutta). White background, black text.Book

Primary source

Manasi

Rabindranath Tagore · 1890

Title page of the Bengali book Sonar Tori, in Bengali script. Title at top reads 'সোনার তরী', followed by 'শ্রীরবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর প্রণীত' (written by Rabindranath Tagore), then 'কলিকাতা' (Calcutta) and publisher and printing details, with the date 1300 at the bottom.Book

Primary source

Sonar Tori

Rabindranath Tagore · 1894

Black-and-white group photo of about a dozen men in suits and fez-style caps standing in front of an arched doorway with a fanlight. In the center, a woman in a light draped dress and a bearded man with a long white beard in a dark robe stand together.Photograph

Primary source

Tagore Meets Members of Iran's Parliament

Unknown (uploaded by Zereshk) · early 1930s

Black-and-white studio photograph of two seated men in light-colored draped robes. The man on the left has a mustache and short hair, and the man on the right wears an embroidered cap and a patterned shawl over his shoulders. Plain backdrop.Photograph

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Tagore and Raja Radha Kishore Manikya

Unknown · 1900

Speech

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Peace Message to Rabindranath Tagore

Karel Čapek · 24 December 1937

Book

Primary source

Sadhana, the Realisation of Life (LibriVox Reading)

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

Gitanjali (LibriVox audio reading)

Rabindranath Tagore · 1913

Book

Primary source

The Home and the World (LibriVox audio reading)

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

A white open-sided pavilion with a dark brown band and a domed roof topped with a lotus-like finial, enclosing a black stone tomb platform. Dark carved panels flank the pillars and a framed inscription plaque is on the back wall. A woman in a red sari stands at left by a railing.Photograph

Secondary source

Samadhi of Rabindranath Tagore

Jonoikobangali · 9 August 2015

Rabindranath Tagore, His Life and WorkBook

Secondary source

Rabindranath Tagore, His Life and Work

Edward John Thompson · 1921

Sir Rabindranath Tagore: His Life, Personality and GeniusBook

Secondary source

Sir Rabindranath Tagore: His Life, Personality and Genius

K. S. Ramaswami Sastri · 1916

The Philosophy of Rabindranath TagoreBook

Secondary source

The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore

S. Radhakrishnan · 1918

Document

Tertiary source

Tagore, Rabindranath (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1922)

1922

Rabindranath Tagore, the Man and His PoetryBook

Secondary source

Rabindranath Tagore, the Man and His Poetry

Basanta Koomar Roy · 1916

Book

Secondary source

Shantiniketan: The Bolpur School of Rabindranath Tagore

W. W. Pearson · 1916

Book

Secondary source

The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan · 1918

Ravindranath's PoetryBook

Secondary source

Ravindranath's Poetry

Dattatraya Muley · 1900

Book

Primary source

The Post Office

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

Diary entry

Secondary source

Autobiography of a Yogi, Chapter 29

Paramahansa Yogananda · 1946

Letter

Primary source

Glimpses of Bengal (LibriVox audio reading)

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

My Reminiscences (LibriVox audio reading)

Rabindranath Tagore · c. 1911-1912

Book

Primary source

My Reminiscences

Rabindranath Tagore · 1917

The GardenerBook

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The Gardener

Rabindranath Tagore · 1914

Black-and-white photograph of an outdoor gathering. On the left, a bald, bespectacled elderly man in a white shawl sits on a patterned cushioned bench beside an older woman in a white sari. On the right, a white-bearded elderly man with a flower garland sits on a low wooden stool. Many people, mostly women and girls in saris, sit and stand behind them under trees.Photograph

Primary source

Tagore with Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi at Santiniketan

Unknown author · 1940

Artifact

Primary source

Tabu Mone Rekho, sung by Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

Gitanjali (Song Offerings)

Rabindranath Tagore · 1912

Speech

Primary source

Personality

Rabindranath Tagore · 1917

Book

Primary source

Thought Relics

Rabindranath Tagore · 1921

Book

Primary source

Fireflies

Rabindranath Tagore · 1928

Book

Primary source

Fruit-Gathering

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

Speech

Primary source

Recitation of 'Krishnakoli ami tarei boli'

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

The Cabuliwallah

Rabindranath Tagore

Speech

Primary source

Recitation of 'Jadio sandhya asiche'

Rabindranath Tagore

Black and white photograph of two elderly men standing outdoors before a staircase. The man on the left has a long white beard and wears a long, loose robe. The man on the right has tousled white hair, a mustache, a suit jacket, and a tie, with his hands behind his back.Photograph

Primary source

Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein, 1930

UNESCO · 1930

Speech

Primary source

Recitation of 'Birpurush'

Rabindranath Tagore · 1932

Handwritten manuscript in Bengali script headed 'বাসন্তিকা' (Bashanti), with two stanzas of verse, a signature in Bengali script at the bottom, and a date written in Bengali numerals below it.Document

Primary source

Poem for Bashanti Magazine

Rabindranath Tagore · 1926

Speech

Primary source

Recitation of 'He mor chitto'

Rabindranath Tagore

Scan of a handwritten manuscript page in Bengali script. Lines of cursive text run across the top and middle, with a hand-drawn tree-like or branching sketch of dark ink shapes in the centre and lower half. Signature-like handwriting appears at the bottom left.Document

Primary source

Manuscript Page in Tagore's Hand

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

The Crescent Moon (LibriVox reading)

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

Mashi and Other Stories (LibriVox reading)

Rabindranath Tagore · 1918

Book

Primary source

Creative Unity (LibriVox reading)

Rabindranath Tagore

Book

Primary source

The First Jasmines

Rabindranath Tagore

Artifact

Secondary source

Amar Sonar Bangla (official vocal recording)

Press Information Department · 1 December 2022

Book

Primary source

Stories from Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore · 1918

One Hundred Poems of KabirBook

Primary source

One Hundred Poems of Kabir

Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore · 1915

The Cycle of SpringBook

Primary source

The Cycle of Spring

Rabindranath Tagore · 1919

Stray BirdsBook

Primary source

Stray Birds

Rabindranath Tagore · 1916

Lover's Gift and CrossingBook

Primary source

Lover's Gift and Crossing

Rabindranath Tagore · 1918

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