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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|A village in Bangladesh.}}<br />
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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Distinguish|Shilaidaha Rabindra Kuthibari}}<br />
{{More citations needed|date=December 2009}}<br />
[[File:Tagore Kuthibari.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Front view of ''Shilaidaha Kuthibari'', a tourist attraction.]]<br />
'''Shilaidaha'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kumarkhali.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=27 |title=Shilaidaha Kuthibari: Out of focus By Ershad Kamol |publisher=www.kumarkhali.com |access-date=2010-12-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713173703/http://www.kumarkhali.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57&Itemid=27 |archive-date=2011-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thekushtiatimes.com/08/11/2010/kuthibari-of-rbindranath/ |title=Kuthibari of Rbindranath |work= The Kushtia Times |access-date=2010-12-29}}</ref> ({{lang-bn|শিলাইদহ}}) is a village in [[Shilaidaha Union]], [[Kumarkhali Upazila]] of [[Kushtia District]] in [[Bangladesh]]. The place is famous for [[Shiladaha Rabindra Kuthibari|Shilaidaha Kuthibari]]; a country house made by [[Dwarkanath Tagore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parjatan.gov.bd/historical2.php |title=Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation |publisher=Parjatan.gov.bd |date=1971-04-14 |access-date=2012-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214210511/http://www.parjatan.gov.bd/historical2.php |archive-date=2012-02-14}}</ref> [[Rabindranath Tagore]] lived a part of life here and created some of his memorable poems while living here.<ref name="Celebration at Shelaidaha Kuthibari">{{cite news |last=Aman |first=Amanur |date=15 May 2012 |title=Celebration at Shelaidaha Kuthibari |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=234145 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2012-10-10}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Shilaidaha Kuthibari Bangladesh.JPG|thumb|Shilaidaha Kuthibadi]]<br />
Its former name is Khorshedpur, during the reign of [[British East India Company]], a indigo-planter named Shelly built a house in this village, later people started to call the village age Shellydaha and the named changed to Shelaidaha. In 1807, [[Dwarkanath Tagore]] bought the village and made it his estate. He also bought the building (kuthi) as well. His grandson [[Rabindranath Tagore]] came to the village many times. Now the village is widely known for [[Shilaidaha Rabindra Kuthibari]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/shilaidaha-kuthibari-haven-tagore-1223032|title=Shilaidaha Kuthibari - A haven for Tagore|first=Zahangir|last=Alom|date=13 May 2016|access-date=1 March 2023|newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref><br />
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== Literature ==<br />
During his stay [[Rabindranath Tagore]] wrote many of his famous poems, essays and short stories there. Among those some of the masterpieces are ''[[Sonar Tori|Sonar Tari]], Katha o Kahini, Chitra, Chaitali'', etc. He also translated many of his creations in English there. He also wrote most of the poems from ''Naibedya, Kheya'' and many of the songs from ''[[Gitanjali]]'' and ''Geetimalya''. It was here, in Shelaidaha in 1912, that he started translating his ''Gitanjali'' into English, which earned him the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.<br />
<ref name="banglanews24.com">{{cite news |last=Islam |first=P. M. Serajul |date=10 April 2013 |title=Rabindrnath's Kuthibari - The Glorious Tourist Attraction |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=3fef72af60a157a86af72f47057e2784&nttl=1004201367617 |newspaper=Banglanews24.com |access-date=2013-10-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101150513/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=3fef72af60a157a86af72f47057e2784&nttl=1004201367617 |archive-date=2013-11-01}}</ref><ref name="Schouler2010">{{cite book|author=Kenneth Schouler|title=The Everything Hinduism Book: Learn the traditions and rituals of the "religion of peace"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1VxvmCBzv0UC&pg=PT189|accessdate=10 October 2012|date=30 September 2010|publisher=Adams Media|isbn=978-1-4405-2213-0|pages=189–}}</ref><br />
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== Museum ==<br />
The reformation of Kuthi Bari has been completed under the Department of Archaeology, Ministry of Cultural Affairs. It now serves as a museum named 'Tagore Memorial Museum'. Many of the objects Tagore used are displayed here, such as his bed, wardrobe, iron chest, lawnmower, framed pictures, and last but not least his [[Budgerow|houseboat]].<ref name="banglanews24.com" /><ref>The Telegraph. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120625001337/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120621/jsp/calcutta/story_15638274.jsp#.WMLq8_7QDow Varsities to showcase replicas of Tagore boats] 21 June 2012.</ref><br />
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== Festivals ==<br />
Several festivals are observed throughout the year in Kuthi Bari such as 25th Baishakh as Tagore's birth anniversary. It is a five-day-long festival. People from across the country as well as India and the rest of the world join this occasion to celebrate his birthday. The program includes discussion, cultural program, fair and staging of his plays.<ref name="Celebration at Shelaidaha Kuthibari" /><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Shilaidaha Kuthibadi.jpg|Shilaidaha Kuthibadi in 2015<br />
File:Shilaidohorobinro5.jpg|Shilaidaha Kuthibadi Complex in 2015<br />
File:Shilaidohorobinro4.jpg|Inside of Shilaidaha Kuthibadi in 2015<br />
File:Shilaidaha Kuthibari Bangladesh (6).JPG|Shilaidaha Kuthibadi in 2008<br />
File:Shilaidaha Kuthibari Bangladesh (7).JPG|Shilaidaha Kuthibadi 2008<br />
File:Shilaidohorobinro2.jpg|Another View of Shilaidaha Kuthibadi (2015)<br />
File:Shilaidaha Kuthibari Bangladesh (5).JPG|Shilaidaha Kuthibadi in 2008<br />
File:Shilaidaha Kuthibari Bangladesh (9).JPG|Pond in Shelaidaha Kuthibari premises (2008)<br />
File:Shilaidaha Kuthibari Bangladesh (10).JPG|Shops for traveller's in front of Shelaidaha Kuthibari (2008)<br />
File:Boat used by Rabindranath Tagore at the pond of Shelaidaha Kuthibari , Kushtia.jpg|Replica of boat used by Rabindranath Tagore, reserved at the pond of Shelaidaha Kuthibari. (2016)<br />
</gallery><br />
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==See also==<br />
* Rabindra Bharati Museum, at [[Jorasanko Thakur Bari]], Kolkata, India<br />
* Rabindra Bhaban Museum, [[Santiniketan]], India<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Shilaidaha_Kuthibadi Shilaidaha Kuthibadi] at banglapedia<br />
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