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Samadhi of Rabindranath Tagore

Jonoikobangali · 9 August 2015

A modern photograph of the memorial pavilion at Santiniketan where Rabindranath Tagore is buried.

This is the tomb memorial of Tagore himself at Santiniketan, the institution he founded.

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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 of the Samadhi (tomb) of Rabindranath Tagore, Santiniketan, by Jonoikobangali, 9 August 2015.

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What it is

This photograph, taken in 2015 by a contributor named Jonoikobangali, shows the samadhi (memorial tomb) of Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan, the institution he founded in Bengal. The samadhi is a white open-sided pavilion with a domed roof, enclosing a black stone tomb platform, with an inscription plaque on the back wall.

Why it matters

Santiniketan was central to Tagore's life's work as an educator and philosopher, and his burial there connects the place permanently to his memory. The site shows how later generations have chosen to honour and remember him.

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