Observe Rabindranath Tagore 118th Birthday, 07 May 1979

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Dedication to Rabindranath Tagore

On 7 May 1979 the Meditation Group observed Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday- 5 May 1861-with a ceremony held in the Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium.

Sri Chinmoy offered selections in Bengali from Tagore’s poetry and music

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and also performed his own original song about the poet.

Other passages from Tagore’s works were read in English.

Shraddha

Shraddha

The programme ended with India’s National Anthem, ‘Jana Gana Mana,” which was composed by Tagore.

 

Sri Chinmoy offers a silent tribute to Tagore.

 

BHARATER RABI

(Dedicated to Rabindranath Tagore)

O Sun of India’s sky,

O World-Poet,

O Moon of Bengal’s heart,

You were beautiful in your inner life,

You were beautiful in your outer life,

You were beauty incarnate in God’s entire creation,

Gloriously and triumphantly you secure your place

In the world-assembly with your creative force,

Supremely meaningful and fruitful in various walks of life ,

Bharater rabi jagater kabi

Banger hiya chand

Sundar tumi bhitare bahire

Sundar tumi srishti gabhire

Bishwa sabhai tomar asan

Prema onkar nad

Excerpt from: “Meditation at UN” – Vo 08, No 07; 27 Jul 1980, Bulletin SEE page 21 – 22

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note some photos-were-saved-as 06-may. Date of Programme at UN was confirmed as 07 may 1979. Calendar shows o6 was a Sunday, when there were no programes at UN. 07 was a Monday which is correctly stated in report of “meditation athe UN” periodic Bulletin.

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