what was unique about the santiniken?
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Rabindranath Tagore set up an educational institution called Visva -bharti at Shantiniketan ('abode of peace') , near Calcutta. the school started with only five students and aimed to bring the learning process closer to Nature . as opposed to the strict rote learning of British schools, here creativity was encouraged
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It is surrounded by a beautiful wooded area and a Deer Park. Uttarayan Complex in Shantiniketan was the place where Rabindranath Tagore lived. It has a number of architecturally unique buildings such as the Udayana, Konark, Shyamali, Punascha and Udichi.
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Not too many know that Shantiniketan, which means the abode of peace & long before it became the name of a place, was the name of the guest house Maharshi Debendranath Tagore, father of poet Rabindranath Tagore, had built when he founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1863. It is believed that Rabindranath's father had chanced upon an uninhabited land with red soil and paddy fields while on a boat ride from Raipur and took the decision to purchase the land. In fact, long before Shantiniketan got its name, it was known as Bhubhandanga, after Bhubhan Dakat & a local dacoit!