Host of events to mark Tagore's 150th birth anniversary
Suraj A Bandara
India and Sri Lanka will join hands to commemorate Nobel laureate
Rabindranath Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. The joint commemorative
programmes will start with a ceremony at the British School auditorium
on May 7.
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Indian Deputy High Commissioner Shri Vickram Misri
addressing the media at the Indian Cultural Centre. Picture
by Lalith C. Gamage. |
Postal Services Minister Jeewan Kumaranatunga will release a
commemorative postal stamp and a first day cover in honour of Tagore.
Cultural Affairs Minister T.B. Ekanayake will launch a volume of
writings titled Commemorating Rabindranath Tagore which will include
several articles written by Sri Lankan and Indian writers.
The Amar-Daya Foundation will feature a classical musical
extravaganza on Rabindra Sangeeth the same day.
Indian Deputy High Commissioner Shri Vickram Misri addressing the
media said a number of cultural activities and programmes have been
organized not only in India but in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to
commemorate Tagore's 150th birth anniversary. He said though the
anniversary is being observed worldwide, the celebrations in Sri Lanka
have a special significance and relevance because Sri Lanka was
specially close to Tagore's heart.
He visited the country in 1922, 1930 and in 1934 and became
instrumental in the renaissance of the country.
During his third visit, Tagore laid the foundation stone for the Sri
Palee University on similar lines with the Santhiniketha in India. Sri
Palee students will perform several cultural activities in honour of the
university's founding father. |
