Rabindranath welcome at Calcutta. Jorasanko,Santiniketan

Tagore’s third trip to Europe in 1912 was a landmark in his career. Recuperating in England, the ailing Rabindranath came in contact with the leading literary personalities of England including William Rothenstein, W.B. Yeats, Ezra Pound, C.F. Andrews, Ernest Rhys and Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). His translation of Gitanjali was received with great enthusiasm as Tagore left for  USA. He visited Illinois, Chicago, Boston and New York and delivered several lectures at Harvard. On his return to England, his play The Post Office was staged by the Abbey Theatre Company. Tagore’s growing popularity as a poet can be gauged from Rothenstein’s letter to him, “When you last came, it was as a stranger, with only our unworthy selves to offer our friendship; now you come widely recognized poet and seer, with friends known and unknown in a hundred homes.” Tagore left for India in September, 1913.
On 27th Sept he reached Bombay by "City of Lahore" ship. From the same port he started on 27th May, 1912 and just after one year four months he again came back to his own country. He received warm welcome by a huge gathering. He wrote Edward Thomson;
"When I reached Bombay, I saw a lot of people with garlands. I thought they were waiting to garland some official. My heart sank when I found they were waiting to make a public show of me there." Not only the visitors, the reporters of different papers were waiting. While answering the questions of the representatives of Associated Press and in response to the warm welcome he received from the litterateurs of England.  he expressed his feeling  by saying ;
"I met most delightful literary people who were all very kind and most appreciative. As soon as embarked  on our return voyage we were at once made to feel that our fellow passengers were quite different from the class we were associated with in England."
  At Calcutta
On 29th Sept, 1913, Rabindranath and others reached Howrah Station in the morning.he was welcomed by a huge gathering waiting at the platform.;
' On the morning of Monday the 29th September Babu Rabindranath Tagore reached Howrah Station and was accorded a warm welcome by a large number of his countrymen. As the train neared the platform cries of "Bande-Mataram" were raised, and there was an eager rush towards the compartment in which he was.When Rabindranath alighted he was garlanded successively by Principal Brajendra nath Seal, Principal Mahamahopadhyay Satish Chandra Vidyabhushan of the Sanskrit College and the Maharaja Bahadur of Susang;  and bouquets of lotuses and roses were presented to him by Babu Krishna Kumar Mitra , Harendranath Dutta, Nagendra Nath Basu Prachyaviduamuharnav, and others."
Kalidas Nag (1891-1966) was also present at the station. He wrote in his diary ;
"Aaj Prachya Kabindra Rabindranath returned back to his country with crown of fame of the west on his head. "
At Jorasanko
Huge arrangements were made at Jorasanko to welcome Rabindranath.
The nephew Satya Prasad thought that his maternal uncle would go to Calcutta via Allahabad. He also made arrangements to welcome Rabindranath. Rabindranath consoled him in a letter written later on.
At Santiniketan
The students and teachers of Brahmacharyashram staged the drama "Balmiki Prativa"  on 30th Sept. to  welcome Rabindranath.