Santiniketan Santiniketan

Santiniketan - Definition and Overview

Santiniketan is a small town in West Bengal, India, and approximately 180 kilomenters north of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). It was founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town (Visva Bharati University) that attracts thousands of visitors each year.

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