Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage site
Santiniketan is a university town located around 160 km from Kolkata
It was built as an ashram by Rabindranath Tagore’s father Debendranath in 1863
Rabindranath started a school in Santiniketan in 1901
Viswa Bharati University was established in Santiniketan in 1921
Others attractions of Santiniketan are 'Sonajhuri Haat', 'Bosonto Utsav', 'Poush mela' and 'Boul Gaan'