Jorasanko Thakur Bari
জোড়াসাঁকো ঠাকুরবাড়ি
The ancestral family home where Nobel Prize-winning writer Rabindranath Tagore was born and died, now the Rabindra Bharati Museum.
This red mansion was the Tagore family's ancestral house. The poet was born here in 1861 and died here in 1941. Today it operates as the Rabindra Bharati Museum, displaying Tagore's manuscripts, paintings, and personal belongings, along with the family's contributions to the Bengal Renaissance and a special section on his visits to China and Japan. It is usually open from about 10:30 to 16:30 and closed on Mondays. The ticket for foreign visitors is about ₹150, and photography is not allowed inside.
Opening hours
10:30–16:30; closed Mon
Nearby sights
- Marble Palace
- Nakhoda Masjid
- College Street & Indian Coffee House
- Mallick Ghat Flower Market
- Tiretta Bazaar (Old Chinatown)
- Howrah Bridge
- B.B.D. Bagh & Writers' Building
- Kumartuli