The Government of Sri Lanka will relase on May7, a postal stamp and first day cover on Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, on the occasion of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations.
Sri Lankan Minister for cultural affairs and Arts T.B Ekanayake will release Remembering Rabindranath Tagore, a commemorative volume edited by Sandagomi coperahewa and published by the University of Colombo. The volume contains 15 articles in English, Sinhala and Tamil and highlights the concerns and philosophy of Tagore and his contributions to life and literature.
The events for the celebrations are being organized by the Indian cultural center in association with the Bangladesh High commission, Sri Lankan Ministeries and Universities, the Tagore society of Sri Lanka and the India-Sri Lanka Foundation.
Tagore visited SriLanka thrice 1922,1930 and 1934, and was instrumental in the renaissance of its culture.He wrote the national anthem for two countries India and Bangladesh,and influenced the anthem in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan national anthem was written by Ananda samarakoon,most probably in 1939-40, while he was Tagore's disciple at Viswa Bharati University. A Tagore Day will be celebrated on May 6 at the University of Colombo.
Indian vice President Mohammad Hamid Answari arrived in Dhaka (bangaldesh) of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Bangaldesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Birth celebrations of Rabindra nath Tagore in Dhaka on Friday 6th May,2011
Prof. John Kurakar
Sri Lankan Minister for cultural affairs and Arts T.B Ekanayake will release Remembering Rabindranath Tagore, a commemorative volume edited by Sandagomi coperahewa and published by the University of Colombo. The volume contains 15 articles in English, Sinhala and Tamil and highlights the concerns and philosophy of Tagore and his contributions to life and literature.
The events for the celebrations are being organized by the Indian cultural center in association with the Bangladesh High commission, Sri Lankan Ministeries and Universities, the Tagore society of Sri Lanka and the India-Sri Lanka Foundation.Tagore visited SriLanka thrice 1922,1930 and 1934, and was instrumental in the renaissance of its culture.He wrote the national anthem for two countries India and Bangladesh,and influenced the anthem in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan national anthem was written by Ananda samarakoon,most probably in 1939-40, while he was Tagore's disciple at Viswa Bharati University. A Tagore Day will be celebrated on May 6 at the University of Colombo.
Indian vice President Mohammad Hamid Answari arrived in Dhaka (bangaldesh) of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Bangaldesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Birth celebrations of Rabindra nath Tagore in Dhaka on Friday 6th May,2011
Prof. John Kurakar
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