Rabindranath wrote to Snehalata Sen on 19th Sept;
Having finished our drama on Monday , "I shall go to Bombay on Tuesday". Actually, Rabindranath went to Puna along with Gour Gopal Ghosh and Elmhirst.
The Hindu of Madras, published his tour programme on 21st Sept.
Aswini Kumar Ghosh wires from Calcutta under Sept 20, --Dr. Rabindranath Tagore started yesterday by Bombay mail for Poona to meet Dr. Sylvain Levi who is on a visit to that city, as the guest of renowned Jaina scholars from Poona. The poet intends proceedings to Mysore at the invitation of Brajendranath Seal, then he will go to Madras and after visiting Coimbatore and other places in that presidency, he will proceed to Ceylon . During return Journey, he will be at Bombay. He expects to come back here in November. C.F.Andrews will join him as soon as he finishes his work in the Punjab.
From Bombay Chronicle it was known that Rabindranath and Sylvain Levi reached Poona on 21st Sept and met with the famous Sanskrit pandit Dr. Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar [ 1837-1925]. On this day, inthe evening Poona Gayan Samaj greeted them with "Pansupari.". They visited Poona College, Girls High School, the offices of "Keshari" and "Maratha" paper and Farguson College.In Poona they became the guest of Ratanji Dadabhai Tata [ 1871-1932].
Next day on 21st sept in the morning they went again to Poona Gayan Samaj. The boys and girls students of Samaj greeted them with musical instruments. Madam Levi wrote, " One day we all went to a Marathi Music Institution in response to their invitation. Prof Raghunath Purushottam Paranjaphey [1876-1966] arranged a morning music programme. We appeared in a room at 8.30 am through a narrow long-stepped stairs - which is only known to India - they were also shown different musical instrument and films of different musical show. A report from an unknown person was available;
" The guests were received by sardar Muzumdar at Sardar Raste's wada Shri Manik Prabhu. Class girls gave a nice programmein music [vocal] by singing about 10 different melodies of pure Indian musi. Boys from the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya performed the action-song so nicely that the audience thought it was witnessing military movements of an army squadron. The teachers and the pupils played upon the Jaltaranga and Sitar quite well. The music was throughout correct and to tal and Melodies.
Both the Doctors were interested in what they saw and heard. They spent about two hours at he hall of the Samaj..."
Having finished our drama on Monday , "I shall go to Bombay on Tuesday". Actually, Rabindranath went to Puna along with Gour Gopal Ghosh and Elmhirst. The Hindu of Madras, published his tour programme on 21st Sept.
Aswini Kumar Ghosh wires from Calcutta under Sept 20, --Dr. Rabindranath Tagore started yesterday by Bombay mail for Poona to meet Dr. Sylvain Levi who is on a visit to that city, as the guest of renowned Jaina scholars from Poona. The poet intends proceedings to Mysore at the invitation of Brajendranath Seal, then he will go to Madras and after visiting Coimbatore and other places in that presidency, he will proceed to Ceylon . During return Journey, he will be at Bombay. He expects to come back here in November. C.F.Andrews will join him as soon as he finishes his work in the Punjab.
From Bombay Chronicle it was known that Rabindranath and Sylvain Levi reached Poona on 21st Sept and met with the famous Sanskrit pandit Dr. Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar [ 1837-1925]. On this day, inthe evening Poona Gayan Samaj greeted them with "Pansupari.". They visited Poona College, Girls High School, the offices of "Keshari" and "Maratha" paper and Farguson College.In Poona they became the guest of Ratanji Dadabhai Tata [ 1871-1932].Next day on 21st sept in the morning they went again to Poona Gayan Samaj. The boys and girls students of Samaj greeted them with musical instruments. Madam Levi wrote, " One day we all went to a Marathi Music Institution in response to their invitation. Prof Raghunath Purushottam Paranjaphey [1876-1966] arranged a morning music programme. We appeared in a room at 8.30 am through a narrow long-stepped stairs - which is only known to India - they were also shown different musical instrument and films of different musical show. A report from an unknown person was available;
" The guests were received by sardar Muzumdar at Sardar Raste's wada Shri Manik Prabhu. Class girls gave a nice programmein music [vocal] by singing about 10 different melodies of pure Indian musi. Boys from the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya performed the action-song so nicely that the audience thought it was witnessing military movements of an army squadron. The teachers and the pupils played upon the Jaltaranga and Sitar quite well. The music was throughout correct and to tal and Melodies.Both the Doctors were interested in what they saw and heard. They spent about two hours at he hall of the Samaj..."
