DHAKA, May 6, 2025 (BSS) - The 164th birth anniversary of Bishwakabi 
Rabindranath Tagore will be celebrated nationally in Shilaidaha under 
Kumarkhali upazila of Kushtia district.

Apart from Shilaidaha, in line with the national events, local 
administrations will arrange different programmes at Patisar in Naogaon 
district, Shahjadpur in Sirajganj and Dakkhindihi and Pithavog in Khulna, the 
places where Rabindranath had memories.

A three-day festival will be organised in Shilaidaha from Thursday on the 
occasion of Rabindra's birth anniversary with discussions, musical 
performances and recitation of poems in collaboration with the Department of 
Archeology under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and Kushtia District 
Administration. 

Researcher and Professor Monsur Musa will deliver the memorial speech at the 
cultural event.

Besides, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has taken a three-day programme, 
including cultural functions and exhibition on artworks of Rabindranath 
Tagore.

Bangla Academy will also organise a discussion, marking the 164th birth 
anniversary of Tagore.

The day will be duly celebrated in foreign embassies of Bangladesh.

To celebrate the day, a total of 600 souvenirs and 20,000 posters will be 
printed under the supervision of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and 
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

On the 25th Baishakh in the 1268 Bengali Calendar, poet Rabindranath Tagore, 
the fountainhead of Bengali wisdom, was born at Jorasanko Thakurbari in 
Kolkata.