Raipur, Birbhum
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Raipur is a village under Raipur–Supur gram panchayat of Bolpur Sriniketan block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Raipur Rajbari
Shantiniketan
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Shantiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Debendranath Tagore, a
Raipur, Birbhum
…Sinha, the talukdar of Raipur. He built a guest house and named it Santiniketan (the abode of peace). Gradually, the whole area came to be known as Santiniketan. Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, a subsequent talukdar of Raipur, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Sinha, of Raipur, in 1919, becoming the first Indian…
Shantiniketan Griha
Upasana Griha, the glass prayer hall Devendranath built
Rabindranath Tagore with Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi at Santiniketan in 1940
Mural by Nandalal Bose