Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti 2023: Date, History And Some Of His Great Quotes
Rabindranath Thakur was born on May 7, 1861. He was a pivotal figure in the Bengali Renaissance and helped to modernise Bengali art.
The fact that Rabindranath Tagore is often referred to as the 'Bard of Bengal', primarily celebrated for his delicate and enchanting poetry, demonstrates the breadth and depth of his influence and contribution to Bengali and English literature. He was a pivotal figure in the Bengali Renaissance and helped to modernise Bengali art. His poetry, novels, short stories, and essays are still widely read around the world.
On this day, various schools, colleges, and universities host cultural programmes and events such as poetry recitations, dance competitions, and drama competitions.
Rabindra Jayanti is observed annually to commemorate Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary. This year marks the 162nd birth anniversary of Tagore's birth.
RABINDRANATH JAYANTI 2023: DATE
According to the Gregorian calendar, Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861. However, his Jayanti does not always fall on the same day. This is due to the fact that his Jayanti falls on the 25th day of the Bengali month of 'Boishakh'. And this day is rarely the same as the date in the Gregorian calendar. Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti will be celebrated on May 9, 2023. This date changes every year.
RABINDRANATH JAYANTI 2023: HISTORY
Rabindranath Tagore, who was born on May 7, 1861, is a well-known writer known for his diverse literary talent, which included poetry, songs, short stories, and plays. He began writing poems when he was eight years old and published his first collection when he was sixteen.
His father wanted him to be a barrister, but he preferred to study Shakespeare, Religio Medici, Coriolanus, and Antony and Cleopatra on his own. He established Shanti Niketan, a practical educational institution.
He was the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his poetry collection, 'Gitanjali,' which was written in Bengali and then translated into English.
Rabindranath Tagore married Mrinalini Devi when he was 42 years old, and when he was 60, he began sketching and painting and held several successful exhibits of his works.
QUOTES AND MESSAGES BY RABINDRANATH TAGORE
"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, Where knowledge is free" - Rabindranath Tagore
"The person who plants trees, knowing he will never sit in their shade, has begun to comprehend the meaning of life" - Rabindranath Tagore
"Our nature is obscured by work done by the compulsion of want or fear. The mother reveals herself in the service of her children, so our true freedom is not freedom from action but freedom in action, which can only be attained in the work of love." - Rabindranath Tagore
"If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, you will be unable to see the stars." - Rabindranath Tagore
"A teacher can never truly teach unless he is still learning himself. A lamp can never light another lamp unless it continues to burn its own flame. The teacher who has come to the end of his subject, who has no living traffic with his knowledge but merely repeats his lesson to his students, can only load their minds, he cannot quicken them." - Rabindranath Tagore
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