Hasina visits Rabindranath’s ancestral home Thakur Bari at Jorasanko

Sheikh Hasina has visited Thakur Bari at Jorasanko in Kolkata, the birthplace and ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore.

The prime minister flew to Kolkata on Friday morning and from there she travelled to Santiniketan to join the convocation of the Visva-Bharati and the opening of the Bangladesh Bhavana at the university.

From the institution founded by Tagore at Santiniketan, some 180 kilometres from Kolkata, Hasina travelled to the West Bengal capital.

A former student of Dhaka University’s Bangla department, Hasina visited the rooms of the house and saw collections steeped in the poet’s memories.

Her sister Sheikh Rehana, several members of her cabinet, West Bengal government officials, local cultural personalities and Rabindra Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury were also present.

The prime minister met business leaders of Kolkata and joined a dinner hosted by West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi later in the night.

On Saturday, she will travel to Asansol to join the special convocation of the Kazi Nazrul University.

Hasina will also receive honorary D Lit degree from the university.

Mamata Banerjee will also address the convocation.

On her return to Kolkata from Asansol, she will visit the Netaji Museum in the afternoon and return to Dhaka later in the night.

The prime minister visited India for the last time in April last year.