BẮC NINH Bắc Ninh authorities and the Indian embassy have made a floral tribute to mark the 163rd birth anniversary of Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (May 7, 1861 - 2024) at the northern province’s international friendship park.

At the May 7 event, flowers were laid at the statue of Tagore, while local students and members of the Indian community in Hà Nội performed poetry and music pieces related to the polymath, who was also a playwright, song composer, and painter.

Tagore is one of the great cultural figures of India. He became the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 then visited Việt Nam in 1929.

Many Vietnamese scholars have studied and translated his works, and his poems have been included in textbooks in the Southeast Asian country's national education curriculum.

On October 15, 2023, a statue dedicated to him was inaugurated at Bắc Ninh’s international friendship park. VNS