Jorasanko Thakur Bari
The Jorasanko Thakur Bari in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. It is currently located on the Rabindra Bharati University campus at 6/4 Dwarakanath Tagore Lane Jorasanko.
Tagore was born in the Jorasanko mansion
to parents Debendranath Tagore (1817–1905) and Sarada Devi (1830–1875). It is also the place where he
spent most of his childhood and died on 7 August 1941.
Thakur bari was built in the 18th century on the
land donated by the famous Sett family of burrabazar by Prince Dwarkanath
Tagore (Rabindranath
Tagore's grandfather). Gurudev
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was born here. The house has been restored to reflect the
way the household looked when the Tagore family lived in it and currently
serves as the Tagore museum for Kolkata. The museum offers details about the history of
the Tagore family including its involvement with the Bengal Renaissance and the Brahmo
Samaj.
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