Location: Bolpur
Top Things to do in Bolpur
Top 8 Things to do in Bolpur, West Bengal
Bolpur-Santiniketan is a municipality and headquarters of Bolpur subdivision in Birbhum District in the state of West Bengal, India. It is 145 km north of Kolkata and is best known for its proximity to Visva Bharati, the university set up by the Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore. Given its proximity to Santiniketan and Sriniketan, it is one of the seats of culture and education in West Bengal.
Restaurants in Bolpur
1. Gitanjali Cinema Hall
2. Shonibarer Haat
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By RubyLalla - Bengaluru, India
Held on Saturday afternoons on the edge of the Shonajhuri forest, this market is a riot of colors!! Clothes and Sarees; Accessories (and being made to order right there by artisans); handicraft items and so much more and prices which is maybe half or even less from the cities. One feels bad to even bargain because the asking price is so low :-). And not to miss the Santhal dance groups, whom you can join and dance to your hears content to the beautiful rhythm.
3. Rabindra Bhavan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 14 reviews
Reviewed By prashant_newaskar - Dallas, United States
The experience of visiting Rabindra Bhavan is quite different compared to visiting any other museum. It’s due to the range of emotions that one feels inside the museum. Reverence for his persona, Pride about the great Indian Nobel Laureate , Amazement about his genius. Rabindra Bhavan was his residence when Rabindranath lived in Shantiniketan. It has been converted into a museum. There are many things about the museum that will stay with you in memory. Nobel committee’s speech at the time of the award ceremony, Rabindranath’s acceptance speech, the Nobel award citation, pictures of other great personalities who became his admirers, friends. The story about how Gitanjali was first published and how it took the world by storm. How he first heard the news of his receiving the award. Gitanjali is a compilation of 157 poems. 68 of them were songs. He was a rare person whose poetry had a music in it.. The museum shows many pictures and some of the memorabilia. It is a sheer joy and an exciting experience to have visited the museum. It should be #1 place to visit while in Shantiniketan..
4. Khoai Mela
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 53 reviews
Reviewed By stantp1916 - Farakka, India
This is my personal favourite in shantiniketan. The open air market commences every Saturday evening in the forests of sonajhuri trees. The place is charming, and together with folk dance performance and the handmade art and crafts sold by the local santhal tribes add to the vibe of this place. But again, we went in the wrong time of the year, poush mela season, when I could barely find any space to park my car. There was too much crowd with some families playing loud songs in their picnic and destroying the ecosystem of the place. However, I don’t want to underrate this place as I have witnessed it’s serenity during normal days.
5. Shayor Bithi Park
6. Srijoni Silpogram
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By JharnaS10 - Mumbai, India
This is a pan India art Village and is maintained by the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre.We were quite fascinated seeing the traditional huts of some of the lesser known tribes of India. On some of the days cultural programmes are also held.
7. Tanzil
8. The Kankalitala Temple
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 74 reviews
Reviewed By ND251295
The place is one of the most sacred places I have visited in India. But another reason to remember it is Babu Chatterjee. We visited during winter so my mother had a coat on her. Before entering the temple we left the shoes and coat at his stall. When we came out and boarded the toto to return in half way we realized we forgot the coat. We thought of returning back to the stall. Suddenly we saw a bike approaching calling out for us, it was Babu Chatterjee Stall number 10 he came all the way on his bike searching for us to return the coat. It felt so wonderful that such honest people still exist.
