of celebrating religious festivals the students of santiniketan celebrate nature through its seasons thus poush mela winter vasantotsav spring varsha mangal rains and maghotsav continuing the close connect between man and nature established in the founding principles of shantiniketan with the outbreak of unprecedented communal violence in the wake of bengals partition tagore revived the folk festival of raksha bandhan reinterpreting it in 1909 as a tie between hindus and muslims while lights on newly installed jay prakash narayan statue were kept lit congress leader surendra baxi said why are both the former congress pms of the country treated so shabbily vvips visit promises several projects ahead of state elections