Visva-Bharati University on Sunday (June 22) said it will organise a candlelight march on Monday (June 23, 2025) to condemn the mob attack and vandalisation of Rabindranath Tagore’s ancestral house in Bangladesh.
The Nobel Laureate poet was the founder of Visva-Bharati, which is now a central university. The institute’s spokesperson Atig Ghosh said in a statement that a large number of students, ashramites and others will assemble at Upasana Griha (prayer hall) and march to the main gate of the central administrative building on June 23.
Bangladesh house
“To register an emphatic condemnation of the despicable mob attack and vandalism of the ancestral House of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district on June 8, Visva Bharati has decided to hold a candlelight march,” a statement said.
Published – June 23, 2025 07:32 am IST