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I had no idea Robi Thakur had a profound connection with Dehradun, Uttarakhand!!! Yes, you heard it right. On this Rabindra Jayanti, as Rabindranath Thakur’s 165th birth anniversary is commemorated, I wonder how the Himalayas have a way of slowing the mind, softening the heart to people. And for Kobiguru, Uttarakhand seems to have offered that still moment where his verses could breathe before becoming immortal. Dehradun enters this story through Rabindranath Thakur’s eldest son, Rathindranath Thakur, who spent his last eight years here from 1953, in Rajpur, at a home named Mitali. That isn't just any ordinary residence, but as a space that carried the spirit of Shantiniketan into the Doon Valley. There is something beautiful about that how one generation’s cultural world found a resting place in another landscape, and how Dehradun became part of the Tagore family’s story. For me, that is the real charm of Dehradun too. It doesn’t merely stay on the map; it stays in memory. It welcomes people, shelters them, and sometimes becomes the place where their inner life finally finds a softer rhythm. In Ramgarh, he stayed in 1903 with his daughter Renuka, and the house there is remembered as the place where he wrote parts of Gitanjali, Sejuti, Akaash Pradeep, Nobojaatok and Bishwa Porichoy, and work that later carried his voice across the world and shaped our lives. Even today, that the hike to Tagore Top is cherished by tourists, and @uttarakhand_tourismofficial also keeps alive Tagore’s memory in Almora through Tagore Bhavan. Picture credits: @almoraonline @prinseps @soulitudebytheriverside @scroll_in #RabindraJayanti #RabindranathTagore #History #Uttarakhand #DehradunDiaries [Rabindranath Tagore Dehradun, Tagore in Uttarakhand, Gitanjali in Uttarakhand, Rabindra Jayanti 2026, Rabindranath Tagore 165th birth anniversary, Tagore Bhavan Almora, Tagore Top Ramgarh, Rathindranath Tagore Dehradun, Mitali Rajpur Road, Rabindranath Tagore and Uttarakhand,

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This post was published on 09th May, 2026 by Aritro on his Instagram handle "@foodicted.fellow (Aritro Chattopadhyay || Dehradun Blogger)". Aritro has total 14.3K followers on Instagram and has a total of 2.0K post.This post has received 78 Likes which are lower than the average likes that Aritro gets. Aritro receives an average engagement rate of 0.8% per post on Instagram. This post has received 16 comments which are lower than the average comments that Aritro gets. Overall the engagement rate for this post was lower than the average for the profile. #DehradunDiaries #Uttarakhand #RabindranathTagore #History #RabindraJayanti has been used frequently in this Post.