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Basanta Utsav in Santiniketan, Birbhum, West Bengal

Published : Wednesday, 18th January, 2017
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It is a colorful festivals for all Indians and known as Holi. It occurs at the end of winter when spring comes with its beauty. Falgun and Chaitra according to the Bengali calendar is the season of Dol utsav. During this season nature shows its own beauty with colorful flowers of Palash, Shimul etc.

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Rabindranath Tagore started Dol utsav (basanta utsav) in his institution Santiniketan with color. The students of Visva-Bharoti celebrate Basanta utsav in very special way. They make the festival more colorful and attractive to all the tourist and visitors who came from various part of the world.

Rabindranath Tagore was the founder of the Vishwabharati University in Shantiniketan. It is situated in Bolpur, Birbhum - A Beautiful Village in West Bengal. On the occasion of Basant Utsav in Shantiniketan, Birbhum, the students of this university clad themselves in yellow and white colored clothes.

They entertain you with some spectacular performances. The cultural programme that they organised is very energetic. The function is very enjoyable and provides the students a great opportunity to reveal their talents. They sing beautiful songs and dance to the tune of great music in groups.



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