Rabindranath went to the local variety Hall at 6.30 pm on 2nd Oct. The felicitation paper in Sanskrit and in English were read addressing him in reply to his felicitation he gave thanks to them read the essay " A vision of India History"
On 3rd Oct Rabindranath came to a small village named Vattamalaipalayam. He had to take a lot of trouble to reach there. He traveled some miles by motor and then a long distance by Cows-driven-cart. But he became satisfied to reach here because this village was having some remembrance of Maharshi Devendranath.The villagers offered him a purse of Rs.183/- . The paper Swarajya wrote on 6th Oct;
"The poet said that he was deeply touched by the wish of these simple villagers to meet him and contribute towards his life works at Santiniketan....such a wish had been spontaneously expressed by the villagers in Southern India and he valued it more deeply than he could possibly express.The ancient seats of learning in India such as Nalanda and Taxila were provided with funds by the offerings of the villagers of India in the olden times, for ancient India loved loved learning more more than all earthly riches.The poet remarked that the sam spirit still exists today.He thanked them for giving him a message of hope and good cheer in the midst of this difficult work.His visit to their village that morning had been , he felt, an event in the history of Viswabharati itself and a gift to him of their money for Viswabharati purposes was more precious than he could possibly describe . He was also happy to know that the name of his renowned father Maharshi Devendranath tagore was remembered among them.
Then he was offered a felicitation paper written in Tamil. He returned to Coimbatore after visiting the Brahmo Samaj Co-operative Bank.
He read his 2nd lecture on :"An Eastern University" at the Variety Hall..The boys scout sung an welcoming song in Tamil language.The poet also sung a Bengali song which was heard with rapt attention.
After this lecture Sakhappa Chettier offered him a purse of Rs,2400/- and another sum of Rs.1200/- from the prceeds of selling tickets. Rabindranath gave thanks to them.
On 4th Oct Rabindranath started for Mangalore in a West Coast mail from Coimbatore.
On 3rd Oct Rabindranath came to a small village named Vattamalaipalayam. He had to take a lot of trouble to reach there. He traveled some miles by motor and then a long distance by Cows-driven-cart. But he became satisfied to reach here because this village was having some remembrance of Maharshi Devendranath.The villagers offered him a purse of Rs.183/- . The paper Swarajya wrote on 6th Oct;
"The poet said that he was deeply touched by the wish of these simple villagers to meet him and contribute towards his life works at Santiniketan....such a wish had been spontaneously expressed by the villagers in Southern India and he valued it more deeply than he could possibly express.The ancient seats of learning in India such as Nalanda and Taxila were provided with funds by the offerings of the villagers of India in the olden times, for ancient India loved loved learning more more than all earthly riches.The poet remarked that the sam spirit still exists today.He thanked them for giving him a message of hope and good cheer in the midst of this difficult work.His visit to their village that morning had been , he felt, an event in the history of Viswabharati itself and a gift to him of their money for Viswabharati purposes was more precious than he could possibly describe . He was also happy to know that the name of his renowned father Maharshi Devendranath tagore was remembered among them.
Then he was offered a felicitation paper written in Tamil. He returned to Coimbatore after visiting the Brahmo Samaj Co-operative Bank.
He read his 2nd lecture on :"An Eastern University" at the Variety Hall..The boys scout sung an welcoming song in Tamil language.The poet also sung a Bengali song which was heard with rapt attention.
After this lecture Sakhappa Chettier offered him a purse of Rs,2400/- and another sum of Rs.1200/- from the prceeds of selling tickets. Rabindranath gave thanks to them.
On 4th Oct Rabindranath started for Mangalore in a West Coast mail from Coimbatore.
