"What monument was described by the poet Rabindranath Tagore as ""a teardrop on the cheek of time""?"
"special buildings-Diwan-i-Aam and Diwan-i-Khas. Another mosque was built during his tenure in Lahore called Wazir Khan Mosque, by Shaikh Ilm-ud-din Ansari who was the court physician to the emperor. The Taj Mahal, a World Heritage Site described as the ""teardrop on the cheek of time"" by Rabindranath Tagore, was built between 1630–49 by the emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.(Mumtaz died after her 14th delivery). Its construction took 22 years and required 22,000 laborers and 1,000 elephants. Built entirely of white marble at a cost of $1018200000, it is one of the New7Wonders of the World."
"include portraits, pictures, quotes, busts, statues and books. Gandhi's close partnership and personal friendship with Patel is an important and recurrent theme throughout the memorial. Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet, writer and philosopher stayed in the palace in 1878, when he was seventeen years old. He wrote his only ghost story, ""The Hungry Stones"" and his first song here. On the first floor in the right wing of the palace, is the room where Rabindranath Tagore lived during his time at the palace, and it is dedicated to his memory. It is accessed by a staircase and a pathway into the"
"National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, Reserve Bank of India, New Delhi, Jane and Kito de Boer, Dubai, and the Delhi Art Gallery in New Delhi. A bronze bust of Rabindranath Tagore made by Baij was placed in 1984 at an outdoor monument in Balatonfüred, Hungary, on a promenade named for Tagore alongside Lake Balaton. Tagore had received cardiac treatment at the (Szívkórház) at Balatonfüred in 1926. The bust had been sculpted as Rabindranath neared the final year of his life. According to one source, Baij regretted doing it because there was a belief that completion of any sculpture"
"educed ""the immortal soul of Italy ... clothed in quenchless light"". On 1 November 1926 Tagore arrived to Hungary and spent some time on the shore of Lake Balaton in the city of Balatonfüred, recovering from heart problems at a sanitarium. He planted a tree and a bust statue was placed there in 1956 (a gift from the Indian government, the work of Rasithan Kashar, replaced by a newly gifted statue in 2005) and the lakeside promenade still bears his name since 1957. On 14 July 1927 Tagore and two companions began a four-month tour of Southeast Asia. They visited"
"the River Ganges. The Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore frequently visited the place and appreciated a lot about the building. He felt that the place influenced him to a large extent and broadened his intellectual capabilities. He mentioned Patal-bari in many of his famous novels. The famous social reformer Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar also stayed in the building. The house was owned by the zemindars of nearby Mankundu. Nandadulal Temple built in 1740 by Indranarayan Roychoudhury presents an excellent example of ancient Indian sculptures. There are many fascinating temples devoted to Kali, Shiva and other deities which show marks of brilliant"
"Valluvar Kottam Valluvar Kottam () is a monument in Chennai, dedicated to the classical Tamil poet philosopher Valluvar. Valluvar Kottam is located at the intersection of the Kodambakkam High road and the Village road in Nungambakkam neighbourhood of Chennai. The monument now stands at what was once the deepest point of a local lake called the Nungambakkam lake. The construction of the Valluvar Kottam was conceived and executed by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi during the 1970s. It was inaugurated in April 1976 by then President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. The monument consists of a"
"same name; hauntingly it ends: ""Shunno nodir tire rohinu poŗi / Jaha chhilo loe gêlo shonar tori""—""all I had achieved was carried off on the golden boat—only I was left behind."" ""Gitanjali"" () is Tagore's best-known collection internationally, earning him his Nobel. The year 1893 AD, was the turn of the century in the Bangla calendar. It was the Bangla year 1300. Tagore wrote a poem then. Its name was ‘The year 1400’. In that poem, Tagore was appealing to a new future poet, yet to be born. He urged in that poem to remember Tagore while he was reading"
"Rock Memorial is a popular tourist monument in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 metres east of the mainland of Vavathurai. It was built in 1970 in honour of Swami Vivekananda who is said to have attained enlightenment on the rock.[1] According to local legends, it was on this rock that Goddess Kumari performed austerity. A meditation hall (Dhyana Mandapam) is also attached to the memorial for visitors to meditate. The design of the mandapa incorporates different styles of temple architecture from all over India. It houses a statue of Vivekananda. The"
"He was awarded for his collections of poems, ""Gitanjali"" (Song Offerings), which included 103 poems with his own English translations of his Bengali poems. In 1915, the British Crown granted Tagore a knighthood. He renounced it after the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. At the age of 80, Tagore died on 7 August 1941 in his ancestral home in Calcutta. Narrated by Satyajit Ray, the film begins with the funeral procession of Rabindranath Tagore. Briefly mentioning about Kolkata, then known as ""Calcutta"", the documentary explains the Tagore lineage, starting with Dwarkanath Tagore. While documentary mentions Dwarkanath Tagore's elder son Debendranath Tagore's"
"where it had won a Gold medal. After Tagore had received public recognition for his works, many other artists had begun to incorporate the same themes and techniques. Abanindranath Tagore was eventually known to be one of the most well known Indian artists of his time,both in and outside of Bengal, due to the nationalist works during the swadeshi years. Tagore went on to become a founder of the new school of Indian-style painting, though this became a role he had increasingly distanced himself from during his later years. The Passing of Shah Jahan The Passing of Shah Jahan is"
"Ravindra Kalakshetra Ravindra Kalakshetra is a cultural centre in Bangalore which provides a home for musical and theatrical performances. Located in heart of Bangalore city, it was built to commemorate the birth centenary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Many well known theatre and film personalities like Umashree, Mukhyamantri Chandru, T. S. Nagabharana, Master Hirannaiah, C. R. Simha, T. N. Seetharam, and Prakash Rai among others have performed at Kalashektra. In 1959, a high-level committee was formed to build the Kalakshetra under the chairmanship of then chief minister B. D. Jatti, with cultural stalwarts like Shivaram Karanth, Mallikarjuna Mansur, Gorur Ramaswamy"
"Ravindra Kalakshetra Ravindra Kalakshetra is a cultural centre in Bangalore which provides a home for musical and theatrical performances. Located in heart of Bangalore city, it was built to commemorate the birth centenary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Many well known theatre and film personalities like Umashree, Mukhyamantri Chandru, T. S. Nagabharana, Master Hirannaiah, C. R. Simha, T. N. Seetharam, and Prakash Rai among others have performed at Kalashektra. In 1959, a high-level committee was formed to build the Kalakshetra under the chairmanship of then chief minister B. D. Jatti, with cultural stalwarts like Shivaram Karanth, Mallikarjuna Mansur, Gorur Ramaswamy"
"Memorial Gates, London The Memorial Gates are a war memorial located at the Hyde Park Corner end of Constitution Hill in London. Also known as the Commonwealth Memorial Gates, they commemorate the armed forces of the British Empire from five regions of the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka), as well as Africa and the Caribbean, who served for Britain in the First and Second World Wars. The memorial was inaugurated in 2002 by Queen Elizabeth II. The main inscription reads: A shorter inscription quotes the words of the Nigerian author and poet Ben Okri: On the"
"as oneness with nature and rural serenity. His line were bold and color technique powerful. During his time in New Delhi in the 1940s and 50s, he meet frequently with other painters of the Bengal school of art, especially with Manishi Dey and Shantanu Ukil. He was highly regarded by both artists like Jagdish Swaminathan and critics like Richard Bartholomew who had the following to say about him ...""There should have been a monument dedicated to Sailoz in the middle of Connaught place instead of an ugly fountain""""There is not a single work of Amrita Sher-Gil which can stand before"
"monuments and is set amidst landscaped gardens. Built by the Persian architect, Ustād 'Īsā, the Tāj Mahal is on the south bank of the Yamuna River. It can be observed from Agra Fort from where Emperor Shāh Jahān gazed at it for the last eight years of his life, a prisoner of his son Aurangzeb. Verses of the Quran are inscribed on it and at the top of the gate are 22 small domes, signifying the number of years the monument took to build. The Tāj Mahal was built on a marble platform that stands above a sandstone one. The"
"however, the great majority of her windows are in 40 cities and towns in California, in addition to a total of 9 churches in the states of Nevada, Washington, Oklahoma, Iowa, and Louisiana. She donated three works of art to India, two of which can be found on public display: the woodcarving ""Satyagraha"" in the National Gandhi Museum in New Delhi and a stained glass plaque depicting a poem in Sanskrit by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, which is in the Tagore Museum at Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Bolpur, West Bengal, India. The ""Nehru Window"" - honoring India's first prime"
"Ghantaghar Ghantaghar (literally clock-tower) is a location in the center of Chandni Chowk, Delhi, where an iconic clock tower, termed Northbrook Clocktower during early 20th century, stood. The clock-tower was built in 1870 and stood there until its partial collapse and subsequent demolition in 1950s. The term ""Chandni Chowk"" (translation: ""silvery or moonlit square"") originally referred to this location which later came to designate the entire street. The Ghantaghar location has been regarded as the center of Delhi, and even now serves as a center for major civic events. Today, it is an open and congested area. The Delhi Town"
"1921. On 25 March 2004, Tagore's Nobel Prize was stolen from the safety vault of the Visva-Bharati University, along with several other of his belongings. On 7 December 2004, the Swedish Academy decided to present two replicas of Tagore's Nobel Prize, one made of gold and the other made of bronze, to the Visva-Bharati University. It inspired the fictional film Nobel Chor. ""Every person is worthy of an infinite wealth of love - the beauty of his soul knows no limit."" -Rabindranath Tagore, ""Glimpses of Bengal"" ""Who are you, reader, reading my poems an hundred years hence? I cannot send"
"Ustad Ahmad Lahori Ustad Ahmad Lahori, also spelled as 'Ahmad Lahori' was a Mughal architect. He is said to have been chief architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, built between 1632 and 1648 during the ruling period of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Its architecture, being a combination of Persian, Islamic, and Mughal architectural styles, is widely considered to be a 'wonder of the world' and the scholar Rabindranath Tagore described it as 'a tear on the face of eternity'. Shah Jahan's court histories emphasise his personal involvement in the construction and it is true that, more than any"
"India, Annai Velankanni College, Tholayavattam and Annammal Nursing college Chitharal JainMonuments : The Chitharal Jain Monuments are the ruins of a Jain training centre from the 9th century CE, on a small hill. It is famous Lord Shiva Temple and the hillock which has a cave containing rock-cut sculptures of Thirthankaras and attendant deities carved inside and outside dating back to the 9th century.[1][2] Among the rock-cut relief sculptures is a figure of the goddess Dharmadevi.[3] Jain influence in this region was due to the King Mahendravarman I (610-640). Mathur Aqueduct : one of the largest Aqueducts in Asia.It is"
"very much alarmed at this sudden development. They collected huge amount and offering it to Shivaji, prayed that they may be spared. Satisfied at the recognition of his authority, Shivaji crossed the Kali River and conquered Sadashivgad on 21st Feb 1665; The Bengali poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who visited Karwar in 1882, dedicated a chapter of his memoirs to this town. At 22 years, Tagore stayed with his second brother, Satyendranath Tagore, a district judge in Karwar who was also India's first ICS . Satyanedranath Tagore lived here with his erudite wife Jnanadanandini Devi and their two children,"
"of India in the Goa liberation movement, while the pyramid structure indicates ashes, indicating the sacrifice of these freedom fighters. The memorial was unveiled on 23 March 1973 by Lieutenant general Kunhiraman Palat Candeth, who had led the Indian Armed Forces' annexation of Goa in December 1961. A stanza composed by the poet Balakrishna Bhagwant Borkar has been etched on the memorial as follows: which translated as ""Fortunate are the eyes, which saw the sacrifices of its brave sons, brave Ram Manohar Lohia for its lands"". On the either side of this monument are two rectangular pillars which display the"
"Tomb of Jahangir The Tomb of Jahangir () is a 17th century mausoleum built for the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. The mausoleum dates from 1637, and is located in Shahdara Bagh in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, along the banks of the Ravi River. The site is famous for its interiors that are extensively embellished with frescoes and marble, and its exterior that is richly decorated with ""pietra dura"". The tomb, along with the adjacent Akbari Sarai and the Tomb of Asif Khan, are part of an ensemble currently on the tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status. The tomb is located in"
"aesthetically designed spacious structure with magnificent pillars and high ceiling hall has witnessed such eminent personalities as Lord Mountbatten, Sarojini Naidu, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, C. D. Deshmukh, V. K. R. V. Rao, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and Jayaprakash Narayan, who addressed university convocations here. Scientists like Jagadish Chandra Bose, Sir C. V. Raman, Meghnad Saha, Satyendra Nath Bose and Sisir Kumar Mitra once addressed university students and faculty members. It is in this hall that poet Rabindranath Tagore was felicitated on 17 March 1936 soon after he won th Nobel prize. Besides, many historic public meeting held here in 1946 in"
"Hungry Stones Hungry Stones () is a Bengali short story written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1895. The story is about a tax collector, Srijut, who is sent to a small town and stays at a former palace which is believed to be haunted. Every night he becomes more consumed by the spirits of the inhabitants of the palace from the Mughal times and a beautiful woman. Tagore was inspired to write this story after he had stayed in Shah Jahan's Moti Shahi Mahal palace Shahibaug, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, situated near the Sabarmati River (in the story this became the Shusta River)."
"lake may freeze over for weeks so that skaters and ice boaters take over. With its 429 beds the State Hospital for Cardiology in Balatonfüred boasts the largest cardiac-rehabilitation center in Hungary. The hospital is built on the lake shore and is flanked by the Tagore promenade (see picture at right), named after the Nobel-laureate Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was treated here. Many other famous and ordinary patients come here to heal and recuperate year-round thanks to the carbonated springs and baths, which are one of the best-known healing agents in Balatonfüred since the 17th century. The town was"
"a Tagore song – as if to recall a happier time or to wish for the way things might have been, sung under a thatched roof in a settlement. Tagore's songs are among the most cherished elements of Bengal's heritage and the sad irony that it should be sung under makeshift circumstances makes the sequence profoundly moving. In Subarnarekha (1962) Ghatak goes a step further and has the heroine rendering a song in an actual historical space – a dilapidated World War II airfield.” When MK Raghavendra received the National Award in 1997 the citation read as follows: “For his"
"over the course of seventy years. Tagore reacted to the halfhearted uptake of modernist and realist techniques in Bengali literature by writing matching experimental works in the 1930s. These include ""Africa"" and ""Camalia"", among the better known of his latter poems. He occasionally wrote poems using ""Shadhu Bhasha"", a Sanskritised dialect of Bengali; he later adopted a more popular dialect known as ""Cholti Bhasha"". Other works include ""Manasi"", ""Sonar Tori"" (""Golden Boat""), ""Balaka"" (""Wild Geese"", a name redolent of migrating souls), and ""Purobi"". ""Sonar Tori""'s most famous poem, dealing with the fleeting endurance of life and achievement, goes by the"
"a supervisor, together with ""Makramat Khan"", for the construction of the Taj Mahal. Ustad Ahmad Lahori Ustad Ahmad Lahori, also spelled as 'Ahmad Lahori' was a Mughal architect. He is said to have been chief architect of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, built between 1632 and 1648 during the ruling period of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Its architecture, being a combination of Persian, Islamic, and Mughal architectural styles, is widely considered to be a 'wonder of the world' and the scholar Rabindranath Tagore described it as 'a tear on the face of eternity'. Shah Jahan's court histories emphasise his"
"Battle of Britain Monument, London The Battle of Britain Monument in London is a sculpture on the Victoria Embankment, overlooking the River Thames, which commemorates the individuals who took part in the Battle of Britain during the Second World War. It was unveiled on 18 September 2005, the 65th anniversary of the Battle, by Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in the presence of many of the surviving airmen known collectively as ""The Few"", following the Royal Air Force Service of Thanksgiving and Rededication on Battle of Britain Sunday. This service is an annual event, the first of which"
"गयी आग आगे देखो गजियाबाद |<br> गजियाबाद में फूटा अंडा उसमे से निकला तिरंगा झंडा |<br> झन्डे से आई आवाज़ इंक़लाब ज़िन्दाबाद || It recalls the satyagrah by Swami Shraddhanand in 1930s near the Ghantaghar. Close the site, now his statue marks the event. The events are recalled in Ek Delhi Aur by Rajendra Sharma in the voice of a kan-mailya (ear cleaners of old Delhi) When film producer B.R. Chopra made his comedy Hindi film ""Chandni Chowk"" (1954), he made sure that a replica of Ghantaghar is included. Ghantaghar Ghantaghar (literally clock-tower) is a location in the center of"
"Age'), founded by the eminent Bengali politician A. K. Fazlul Huq. On hearing the death of Rabindranath Tagore on 8 August 1941, a shocked Nazrul composed two poems in Tagore's memory. One of the two poems, ""Rabihara"" (loss of Rabi, or without Rabi), was broadcast on the All India Radio. Within months, Nazrul himself fell ill and gradually began losing his power of speech. His behaviour became erratic, he started spending recklessly and fell into financial difficulties. In spite of her own illness, his wife constantly cared for her husband. However, Nazrul's health had seriously deteriorated and he grew increasingly"
"The Passing of Shah Jahan The Passing of Shah Jahan is a Miniature painting, painted by the Indian artist Abanindranath Tagore in 1902. The painting depicts a scene in which the fifth Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan stares upon the Taj Mahal in his deathbed, with his daughter at his feet. Initially involved with the dominant style of European Naturalism, Tagore's mentor Ernest Binfield Havell had introduced him to various types of Indian art. Of these varieties, Tagore was most impressed with old Mughal miniatures, which often featured emotionless, but detailed illustrations of scenes and characters. Incorporating this style with the"