Friday, March 22, 2013

Rabindranath entered "Shyamali", a mud house in Santiniketsn-1935

A mud house was constructed for staying Rabindranath. The mud house was contructed under the advice of Nandalal Basu and Surendranath Kar. It was made of mud walls, and the roof was also made up of mud - a mixture was prepared by mixing mud, cow-dung and tar to construct its walls and roof.
The poet entered his mud-house on his 75th birth day. In the night "Birinchi Baba " written by Rajshekhar Bose was staged. The poet edited the book and  changed some of its dialogues. He also remained present on the occasion.
After the 75th birth day ceremony , Rabindranath went to live on boat on the Ganges. Bangiya Sahitya Parishad arranged a welcome ceremony of his completion of 74 years of age . Moreover, this was the day of Chaitya Bihar when Rabindranath delivered a lecture on " Budhdhadev" " I want to offer flowers to him
whom I think is the greatest man in the world."
Rabindranath was moving by boat on the Ganges. After ome day the boat reached Chandanagar