Daxindihi draws huge crowd ahead
Rabindra Museum at Daxindihi under Fultola Upazila here has been drawing huge crowds, everyday, ahead of Rabindranath Tagore's 158th birth anniversary celebration, reports BSS.
Daxindhi, father-in-law's house of the Nobel Laureate poet has been set up as a museum in 2012 to preserve the memories of Rabindranath and his wife Mrinalini Devi. People from different parts of the country visited the museum and Daxindihi to recollect the poet's memories."I came here to see with my own eyes the father-in-law's house, where Kabiguru wrote numerous poems and songs and had many memories," Srabonty Sen, a teacher and Rabindra-lover of a Barisal private college told BSS.
A total of 2,35,000 visitors came to the place and the government earned Tk 90,805 in revenue in 2017-2018 fiscal year, said A K M Saifur Rahman, Assistant Director of the Department of Archaeology, Khulna. The Department of Archaeology also carried out the renovation work to make the ancient house of the poet's father-in-laws a museum titled 'Rabindra Complex' in 2011-12.
"Archaeologists last year tracked down the kitchen of the house at the left side of the museum that would be opened for public after necessary conservation works," said Saifur.An Ansar camp has also been set up and the museum has been brought under close circuit camera last year, the AD said, adding that three employees have been appointed this year for maintenance and supervision of the museum.
Sources in Khulna regional office of the archaeology department said Tagore's father-in-law's house, bearing his memories is a precious archaeological site and Taka 30.3 lakh had been allocated for completing the renovation works of the house during the current fiscal year.
