Santiniketan, a town located in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, set up by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on September 17 made it to the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Santiniketan which means ‘abode of peace’ started taking shape in 1901, and it was this place Tagore later put up the foundations of Visva Bharati University.
“New inscription on the @UNESCO #WorldHeritage List: Santiniketan, #India . Congratulations!” the world body said. Santiniketan will be India’s 41st World Heritage Site declared by UNESCO.