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Santiniketan (en bengalí: শান্তিনিকেতন Shantiniketôn) es una pequeña localidad cercana a Bolpur en el distrito de Birbhum en Bengala Occidental ( India ).
Santiniketan represents the physical manifestation of a utopian ideal of a community that became a crucible for intellectual and artistic ideas that were to have a decisive impact on 20th century art, literature, poetry, music and architecture in the south Asian region.
Santiniketan earlier had an extensive forest cover, but substantial soil erosion gave certain areas a barren look, the resulting phenomenon is locally known as khoai. However, as a result of the consistent efforts by botanists, plants and trees from all over India flourish in parts of the town.
17 de sept. de 2023 · Santiniketan is India's 41 st UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is an ensemble of historic buildings, landscapes and gardens, pavilions, artworks, and continuing educational and cultural traditions that together express its Outstanding Universal Value.
Shantiniketan, former town, north-central West Bengal state, northeastern India. It is now part of the town of Bolpur. Shantiniketan (Sanskrit: “The Abode of Peace”) began as Shantiniketan Ashram, a meditation centre founded and endowed in 1863 by Maharishi Debendranath, the father of the world-famous Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
18 de sept. de 2023 · The decision was made at the World Heritage Committee meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It makes Santiniketan the 41st location from India inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—and the third from Bengal after the Darjeeling Himalayan Railways and the Sundarbans National Park.
18 de sept. de 2023 · Rabindranath Tagore’s Santiniketan has made its way into the UNESCO World Heritage list, making it the first tangible cultural heritage spot from West Bengal to receive the inscription. The announcement came on September 17 at UNESCO’s 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh.
