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Shilaidaha Rabindra Kuthibadi

built 19th century; museum since 1986

The riverside manor house on the Padma where Tagore managed his family's estates in the 1890s and wrote many works, now a museum.

Tagore lived in and managed this estate house, where he wrote many stories and his Gitanjali translations.

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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.
Shilaidaha Rabindra Kuthibadi, manor house of the Tagore family, Kushtia District, Bangladesh.

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What it is

This is a manor house in the village of Shilaidaha, Bangladesh, built originally by an indigo planter and later owned by the Tagore family. It became a museum in 1986 and holds photographs and personal items of Rabindranath Tagore.

Why it matters

Tagore lived here in the 19th century while managing the family estates along the Padma River. The quiet rural surroundings inspired many of his stories and poems, including his translations of Gitanjali. The house shows how Tagore's life as a landlord shaped the themes of rural Bengal found throughout his writing.

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  • What does the grand architecture of the house tell you about the Tagore family's wealth and status?
  • Why might living by a river have influenced Tagore's writing?
  • What is missing from this building today compared to when Tagore lived there?

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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

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Tagore Leaves the Sigtuna Foundation

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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

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

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Tagore with K.B. Westman and M. Björkqvist

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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

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Jana Gana Mana

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