India, May 4 -- If you happen to be in Kolkata in early May, you will come across innumerable cultural programmes, organised by well-known institutions to small neighbourhood clubs, most with free entry too. Because this is the time when the city gears up to celebrate the birth anniversary of one of the greatest poets of India, Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 - August 7, 1941). Called 'ponchise baisakh' (25 Baisakh) in accordance with the Bengali date and month when he was born, it is a day of paying homage to 'kobiguru' or 'gurudev' as he is popularly known as. And even if you happen to miss the birthday celebration, you may visit the various places associated with his memories, whenever you are in the city.

Tagore's Birthplace

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