The 150th birth anniversary of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore will be celebrated on a large scale week-long festival from September 24 to October 3, 2010. The festivities will feature photographic exhibition, screenings of films based on Tagore’s literary output, Gandhi and Tagore conference to assess Tagore’s contemporary global relevance, Rabindranath’s
Gitanjali, songs by Rabindrasangeet singers, Chandalika dance drama, and Gujarati celebration of Tagore’s Legacy on different days, different time and at different venues.
The festival is being organized by Nalanda International founded by Navin Doshi, businessman, author and philanthropist, and Debashish Banerji, Dean, Nalanda University of Philosophical Research. The festival will explore the contemporary relevance of Tagore and celebrate his wide-ranging and profound contribution to humanity. The Institutional co-sponsors of the festival are UCLA Department of Engineering, Loyola Marymount University, Doshi Professorship, Shah Foundation established by Rashmi Shah, and CSU Long Beach Yadunandan Center founded by UKA Solanki.
Film directors, speakers, dancers, singers and other performers are specially coming from India to take part in the festival. The festival will open on September 24 evening 7pm with photographic exhibition at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles by Padamshri art historian Dr. Praapditya Pal.
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