Santiniketan

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cultural centre educational centre town

Santiniketan is a renowned cultural and educational town in West Bengal, India, best known as the home of Visva-Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural centre → educational centre → town →
associatedWith	Rabindranath Tagore →
celebratesFestival	Basanta Utsav → Poush Mela →
climate	tropical wet and dry climate →
country	India →
distanceFromKolkata	approximately 160 km →
district	Birbhum district →
famousFor	Bengali cultural heritage → arts and crafts → literary traditions → music and dance →
followsEducationalPhilosophyOf	Rabindranath Tagore →
foundedAs	ashram →
foundedBy	Debendranath Tagore →
governingUniversity	Visva-Bharati University →
hasInstitution	Cheena Bhavana → Kala Bhavana → Patha Bhavana → Sangeet Bhavana → Siksha Bhavana → Vidya Bhavana →
hasMuseum	Rabindra Bhavana →
hasUniversity	Visva-Bharati University →
heritageDesignationYear	2023 →
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site →
knownFor	Visva-Bharati University →
languageSpoken	Bengali → English → Hindi →
locatedIn	Bolpur subdivision →
locatedNear	Bolpur →
nearestRailwayStation	Bolpur Shantiniketan railway station →
nearRiver	Kopai River →
originalNameMeaning	abode of peace →
partOf	Tagore cultural landscape →
postalCode	731204 →
region	eastern India →
religiousAffiliationOrigin	Brahmo Samaj →
state	West Bengal →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →
touristAttraction	Amar Kutir → Khoai region → Tagore’s Ashram → Uttarayan complex →
utcOffset	+05:30 →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Visva-Bharati University ("Santiniketan campus") → Visva-Bharati University ("Sriniketan campus") →	hasConstituentInstitute
Tagore family →	associatedInstitution
Amartya Sen →	birthPlace
West Bengal →	containsTown
Debendranath Tagore ("Shantiniketan ashram") →	founded
Bengali literature ("Shantiniketan") →	hasMajorCenter
Santiniketan ("Rabindra Bhavana") →	hasMuseum
West Bengal →	hasUNESCOSite
Visva-Bharati University →	locatedIn
Debendranath Tagore ("Shantiniketan") →	placeOfBurial
Santiniketan ("Tagore’s Ashram") →	touristAttraction