In the world of Indian classical music Bengal had always a prime place. Again among the Bengali classics, Rabindra Sangeet occupies one of the top positions. Not only in West Bengal in India but also in Bangladesh, this type of music is a part of the state’s and the country’s cultural treasure. Varieties of theme, rich quality and a link to the heart of Bengali people all over the world, Tagore and his works may perhaps be comparable only to Shakespeare and his plays in English literature. Over two thousand songs composed by the great poet and Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore, owes its origin to five centuries of literary and cultural heritage of Bengali community.
One should not think that the fans of Rabindra Sangeet are confined to Bengali families only. It is liked and adored all over the world by people belonging to different ethnic and cultural background. The themes of the songs are so wide and broad in range that it covers the mundane to aesthetic and are able to represent the true feelings of every possible sector of the human society. A wealthy business man might be as charmed with a Rabindra Sangeet to his liking as the boatman sailing his boat on river Ganges.

