Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Dr Charandas Mahant on Sunday that a statue of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore has been unveiled to keep alive his memory and his soul will always bless people of the area.
He was speaking after unveiling the statue at the District Hospital Complex at Gaurala in Gaurela-Pendra-Marhwahi district. The event was held to mark Tagore’s 162nd birth anniversary.
Mahant said a foundation stone of Tagore Vatika and Museum was also being laid. Tagore, he said, arrived at the Sanatorium in September 1902 for treating his wife who suffered from TB. She died here.
Mahant credited Tagore with breathing new life into the Indian cultural consciousness through Bangla literature.
Linguist and musicologist Dr. Chittaranjan Kar and his team rendered Rabindra Sangeet on the occasion.
Mahant also inaugurated a new Humar Lab in the district hospital premises.