Shantiniketan, West Bengal


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Santiniketan, West Bengal 731204, India

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Last check: January 2020

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Shantiniketan is a small town in the Birbhum District of West Bengal, India. It is here that the great Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore established the Vishwa Bharati University. Today, along with being a university town, Shantiniketan is an eminent center for art and culture.

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