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Unlike traditional marriage which takes place in the bride's house, Mrinalini Devi married Rabindranath Tagore at the Maharshi Bhavan in the Jorasanko Thakur Bari, in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) at the wish of Rabindranath's father Devendranath Tagore.
The couple had five children – two sons, Rathindranath Tagore and Shamindranath Tagore, and three daughters, Renuka Tagore, Madhurilata Tagore, and Meera Tagore. Rabindranath Tagore’s son Rathindranath and daughters Madhurilata Devi (Bela), Mira Devi, and Renuka Devi
Rabindranath Tagore marries Mrinalini Devi, born Bhabatarini (1873-1902), on 9 December 1883, according to their fathers wishes. She is only ten years old, Rabindranath himself is twenty-two years.
Rabindranath Tagore singing Tabu Mone Rekho. Recorded c. 1930–40. Rabindranath Tagore FRAS ( / rəˈbɪndrənɑːt tæˈɡɔːr / ⓘ; pronounced [roˈbindɾonatʰ ˈʈʰakuɾ]; [1] 7 May 1861 [2] – 7 August 1941 [3]) was an Indian poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance.
Nov 2, 2017 · On April 21, 1884, Kadambari Devi, Rabindranath Tagore’s sister-in-law, committed suicide with an overdose of opium — four months after the poet-laureate married Mrinalini Devi.
Rabindranath Tagore and Mrinalini Devi, 1883 Image credit: Ministry of Culture, Government of India. According to their fathers wishes, Bhabatarini was married to Rabindranath when she was only ten years old. The ceremony took place on 9 December 1883 at Jorosanko. Rabindranath himself was twenty-two years old.
Originally known as Bhabatarini, Mrinalini Devi married Rabindranath Tagore at the tender age of nine in a ceremony held in Calcutta, according to the customs of the Brahmo Samaj. This union would prove transformative for both individuals, setting the stage for a remarkable partnership.
Jun 25, 2024 · Rabindranath Tagore, the revered Bengali poet and polymath, left an enduring legacy through his profound literary works and became the first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature.
May 20, 2019 · In 1883, Rabindranath Tagore married Mrinalini Devi, who was 10 years old at the time. 19 years after their marriage, in 1902, Mrinalini Devi died and Tagore never remarried. The couple had five children, two of whom died in childhood.
Jun 27, 2024 · This essay examines Rabindranāth's views on women, gender, patriarchy, and the family, situating them in the ideas and practices of social reform in nineteenth-century Bengal. Rabindranath aimed to create new values and practices among colonized peoples and thus usher in a new age.
