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A visit to Amar Kutir ……….

As an Accessories Designer first things come in to the mind is the Hand crafted Product. During my Four year design studied, I came to know about the craft of West Bengal, West Bengal is rich in art and craft. “SANTINIKETAN” Its small town near Bolpur in the Bhirbhum district of West Bengal, India, It was made by the famous Nobel laureate   Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore set up the Institute of Rural Reconstruction at   Sriniketan   in 1922. The second campus of   Visva Bharati   was subsequently located around the same place in 1923. It carried on the craft training work started by Silpa Bhavana at Santiniketan.   The first cooperative for rural reconstruction was set up at Sriniketan in 1925. Though the two craft society was situated nearer to each other, though Rabindranath Tagore never ever visits Amar Kutir nor did Amar Kutir receive any attribution from Tagore's land of Santiniketan. Amar Kutir is a co-operative society for the support of art ...