Tagore cultural landscape

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Tagore cultural landscape is a heritage area in West Bengal, India, centered on Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan and associated sites that reflect his pioneering ideas on education, art, and rural reconstruction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural landscape
heritage area
associatedWith Institute of Rural Reconstruction at Sriniketan
Kala Bhavana
Patha Bhavana
Rabindranath Tagore
Siksha-Satra
Santiniketan
surface form: Tagore’s school Brahmacharyashrama
centeredOn Santiniketan
Santiniketan
surface form: Sriniketan

Visva-Bharati University
hasComponent Rabindra Bhavana
surface form: Ashrama area of Santiniketan

Kala Bhavana
surface form: Kala Bhavana area

Santiniketan
surface form: Sriniketan rural reconstruction campus

Visva-Bharati University
surface form: Visva-Bharati University campus

agricultural fields
ceremonial and festival spaces
open-air classrooms
residential quarters of teachers and students
tree groves
water bodies
hasCoreSite Santiniketan
hasCulturalValue outstanding example of an education-centered cultural landscape
symbol of Tagore’s holistic vision of life, art, and society
hasPeriodOfSignificance early 20th century
late 19th century
influenced alternative education movements in India
rural development thinking in 20th-century India
influencedBy Bengal Renaissance ideas
Rabindranath Tagore’s educational experiments
locatedIn India
West Bengal
notableFor experiments in rural upliftment
fusion of architecture, art, and landscape
innovative open-air schooling model
international intellectual exchanges
reflectsIdea Tagore’s experimental education philosophy
arts-based education
community-based development
harmonious coexistence with nature
integration of nature and learning
intercultural dialogue
rural reconstruction
self-reliant rural economy

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Santiniketan partOf Tagore cultural landscape
Kopai River partOf Tagore cultural landscape
this entity surface form: cultural landscape of Santiniketan and Visva-Bharati