Events held at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan
The Mother's 147th Birthday
21.Feb.2025
Morning Programme :
- Flag hooisting
- Collective meditation
- Shri Sambit Sinha read from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri
- Devotion-classical recital by Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Durba Bhattacharyya and Mitra Bhattacharyya, accompanied by Emon Sarkar on the Tabla
Evening Programme:
- Esraj recital by Shri Sandip Sengutpa and his students
Vocal Classical Music on the eve of The Mother's Birthday
20.Feb.2025
Vocal music based on Ragas was offered by Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Durba Bhattacharyya and Mitra Bhattacharyya
The programme was organised by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture
Painting workshop
January 27 and 28, 2025
A painting workshop was held to commemorate The Mother's Birthday at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan.
Eminent artists of Santiniketan participated in this colourful event.
The event was organised by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture
Painting Competition for children
January 25 and 26, 2025
A painting competition was held to commemorate The Mother's Birthday at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan.
The two day event, organised by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, saw budding artisits of classes 1 to 10, draw and paint beautiful pictures
Foundation Day Celebrations - A Discourse by Dr. Abhishek Ghosh
21.Dec.2024
21.Dec.2024
"Science and Sri Aurobindo" - A discourse by Dr. Abhishek Ghosh
The programme was held to commemorate the Foundation Day of Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan.
Sri Aurobindo's Siddhi Day
24.Nov.2024
Collective meditation was held, Shri Abhijit Bajpai spoke on the significance of Sri Aurobindo's Siddhi Day followed by Rabindra Sangeet by Arpita Dutta, Professor, Visva-Bharati University
Celebrating the 130th Birth Anniversary of Shri Bibhutibhushan Sinha
26.Sep.2024
130th Birth Anniversary of Shri Bibhutibhushan Sinha
26.Sep.2024
Offering of songs and chanting of mantras to commemorate the 130th Birth Anniversary of Shri Bibhutibhushan Sinha, at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan.
Chanting of shlokas by Shrimati Srilkeha Chatterjee
Tributes to Shri Bibhutibhushan Sinha by Shri Sambit Sinha
The programme was organised by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture
Celebrating Sri Aurobindo's 152nd Birthday and India's 78th Indipendence Day
15.Aug.2024
Sri Aurobindo's 152nd Birthday
15.Aug.2024
Flag Hoisting, Collective meditation and reading from Savitri was held in the morning and a cultural programme was held in the evening
Dance recital by Shrimati Ritayanti Chowdhury
Offering of patriotic songs presented by Sreemoyeer Gaanbhasi, led by Shrimati Banani Chattopadhyay.
The programme was organised by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture
"Sri Aurobindo O Kobiguru Rabindranath"
14.Aug.2024
Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture organised a programme of music and dance at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan on the eve of Sri Aurobindo's Birthday and India's independence day.
The programme, "Sri Aurobindo O Kobiguru Rabindranath", was presented by Anuranan Shilpa Goshthi
The programme was written by Shruti Ghosh and conducted by Swantana Choudhury
Celebrating the birthday of Shri Vidyadhar Venkatesh Wazalwar
Vocal Recital by Mohan Singh Khangura and Arundhati Deshmukh
9.Aug.2024
The programme was presented to celebrate the birth anniversary of Shri Vidyadhar Venkatesh Wazalwar (Ostadji)
Welcome address - Sreelekha Majumdar
Shri Sambit Sinha presented the artists with gift hampers
Vote of Thanks was given by Shri Abhijit Bajpai
Celebrating The Mother's Final Arrival day at Pondicherry
The Anniversary of The Mother's arrival at Pondicherry for permanent stay was celebrated at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan through a cultural programme.
Pandit Shantanu Bhattacharyya and Shrimati Durba Bhattacharyya presented vocal classical music and Bhajans
The artists were accompanied by Shri Sudhir Ghorai on the tabla
The programme was organized by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture.
Basanta Utsab - "Rangiye Diye Jao"
Celebrating The Mother's Arrival at Pondicherry for the First time
29.Mar.2024
The programme was presented by Niharika Centre for Performing Arts, organised by Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan in association with Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture.
Welcome address - Sreelekha Majumdar
Direction and Narration by Dr. Arkadev Bhattacharya
Vote of Thanks was given by Shri Abhijit Bajpai and Shri Sambit Sinha
The Mother's 146th Birthday Celebrations
A Drawing Competition was held on 17.02.2024 & 18.02.2024 to celebrate The Mother's Birthday.
On 21.Feb.2024 a captivating performance 'Bandhu Raho Raho Raho Sathe' was brought to life by legendary dancer Smt. Alokananda Roy and her talented fellow dancers, accompanied by the soulful rendition of legendary singer Shri Mohan Singh, and also Priyom Mukhopadhyay, and Ritopa Bhattacharya. The narration by Smt. Madhumita Bose added an extra layer of charm to the performance. The programme was organized by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture.
The Lamp of God - a presentation through songs and recitation
The Lamp of God - a presentation through songs and recitation
25.Jan.2024
The programme was presented by Dakshinayan, UK, organised by Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan in association with Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture.
Welcome address - Sreelekha Majumdar
Introduction-Moinak Roy
Songs - Dr. Ananda Gupta along with Nilanjana Chowdhury, Soma Bandyopadhyay, Mala Das, Debosmita Das, Jhinuk Basu, Sridhara Gupta, Saugata Sanghbanik
Keyboard - Subrata Babu Mukhopadhyay, Tabla - Pandit Biplab Mondal, Esraj- Dr Surajit Roy
Narration and recitation by Subhadeep Chakraborty & Sridhara Gupta
Vote of Thanks by Sreelekha Majumdar
Foundation Day Celebrations - A Discourse by Professor Biswajit Roy
"Nationalism : Rabindranath and Sri Aurobindo" - A discourse
21.Dec.2023
A discourse organised by Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan in association with Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture
The Discourse was delivered by Professor Biswajit Roy, Bengali Department, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan
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Foundation Day Celebrations
20.Dec.2023
"Nibhrita Praner Debota" - Reading by Saswati Guha Thakurta and Songs by Shreya Guha Thakurta
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Sri Aurobindo's Siddhi Day
Vocal Recital on Siddhi Day
24.Nov.2023
Vocal recital by Deblina Das accompanied by Chanchal Nandi on the Tabla and Archisman Das on Esraj
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