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The ancestral home of the Tagore family. The huge sprawling brick mansions were the cultural hub of Kolkata for close to a century and a major force in the women's liberation movement. It hosted the first Brahmo wedding and was an important centre of Indian independence movement. The house was converted into a museum in 1961. The museum has three large galleries—one of the life and works of Rabindranath Tagore, a second gallery about his close relatives such as father Debendranath Tagore, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore etc. and a third gallery on the Bengali Renaissance in general.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari is a Haveli in Jorasanko, North Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is the birthplace of poet Rabindranath Tagore and the host of the Rabindra Bharati University campus. Build in Traditional Bengali Architecture of Dalan genre, it is considered to be a heritage, historic icon and centre of socio-cultural evolution of Kolkata.
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জোড়াসাঁকো রাজবাটী
Built in 1835 by zamindar and art connoisseur Raja Rajendra Mullick, the palace is now a private museum. Spend your afternoon among precious objects d'art, including works of Rubens and Sir Joshua Reynolds. A real garden, of maybe an acre with a Palladian Mansion, set square in the centre. Today this palace has an incongruous collection of statues and paintings. There is also a private zoo housing a collection of birds from different corners of the world.
ঘড়িওয়ালা মল্লিকবাড়ি Ghoṛiōyālā Mollikbāṛi
A large palace with an imposing clock (ঘড়ি ghoṛi). The ground floor hosts various shops, and the Mullick family once hosted a pharmacy there.
মহাজাতি সদন Mohājāti Sodon, House of the Nation
Auditorium and cultural centre planned as part of the independence movement by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The foundation stone was laid in 1939 by Rabindranath Tagore, who named it Mahajati Sadan. It was completed by Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy in the early 1950s.
The original residence of the Tagore family, now in shambles. It is called "castle" mainly for its resemblance to a European castle compared to a traditional Indian building. Its auditorium once hosted Baṅga Nāṭyālaẏ (বঙ্গ নাট্যালয়) from 1859 to 1872, started by theatre enthusiasts Jatindra Mohan Tagore and his brother Shourendra Mohan Tagore.