Devendranath's spiritual prowess was of the highest order, even while he maintained his worldly affairs not renouncing his material possessions as some Hindu traditions prescribed but rather continuing to enjoy them in a spirit of detachment.His considerable material property included several estates spread over the districts of Bengal, most famously, the later acquisition Santiniketan Estate near Bolpur in the Birbhum district where his eldest son Rabindranath Tagore set up his school.
Devendranath was a master of the Upanishads and played no small role in the education and cultivation of faculties of his sons.
Dwijendranath (11 March-1840-19 Jan 1926) was a poet, a composer, philosopher, mathematician, and a pioneer in Bengali shorthand and musical notations:
Sitting: Jyotirindranath,
Standing : (from right) Kadambari, wife of Jyotirindranath,Satyendranath and Jnanadanandini, wife of Satyendranath.
Satyendranath (1842-1923) :
was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service.He was a great scholar with a large reservoir of creative talents.
Sitting: Jyotirindranath,
