Moving museum on Tagore, Sanskriti Express arrives in Gujarat

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, and the Museum on Wheels Sanskriti Express’ is to commemorate this.

A special exhibition train ‘ Sanskriti Express’ today arrived at Valsad Railway Station. The train will remain open for public viewing in Valsad till 18th November, 2010 from 9.00am to 7.00pm.

A mobile museum gives us a glimpse into his life and showcases the works of this versatile genius also fondly remembered as Gurudev.

The train which was flagged on in May is cruising around the Indian subcontinent till the end of the year. This five- coach train exhibits everything we have probably only read in our history books.

Coach 1 Jiban Smriti : All about Shantiniketan and Sriniketan
Coach 2 Gitanjali : gives details about his famous book
Coach 3 Muktadhara : showcases his writings
Coach 4 Chitralekha : introduces his paintings
Coach 5 Sesh Katha : pays respect to his last journey

Destinations

Rameshwaram – October 12- 14
Thiruvananthapuram – October 15, 16
Ernakulam – October 18-20
Bangalore – October 25-28
Hubli – October 29, 30
Goa – October 31- November 2
Mangalore Central – November 5-7
LT Terminus Mumbai – November 15- 16
Ahmedabad – November 22-23

The train will run through Anand, Ahmedabad, Bhaktinagar, Hapa and Bhavnagar railway station in Western Railway area.