Jorasanko Thakurbari in North Kolkata is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. The glorious mansion is one of the most beautiful heritage buildings of Kolkata. It is the birth place of the great Poet Rabindranath Tagore and he spent his childhood and later years at the Thakurbari. The Thakur Bari was also the residence of Gaganendranath and Abanindranath Tagore, the founders of Bengal School of Art. The Jorasanko Thakur Bari has been converted into Rabindra Bharati University, a centre for Indian Classical Fine Arts and quality education.

The building also houses a splendid museum, Rabindra Bharati Museum which was established in 1961 exhibiting stories from the lives of the Tagore’s. Thakur Bari, as it is popularly called by the locals has remained the nerve centre of Bengal’s art and cultural reformation including Bengal Renaissance and Brahmo Samaj. The place is now a pilgrimage for artists and art lovers from all over.