Celebrating Sri Aurobindo's 153rd Birthday and India's 79th Independence Day

15.Aug.2025


Sri Aurobindo's Birthday and India's independence day was celebrated through a day long programme at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan.

Flag Hoisting, Collective meditation and reading from Savitri was held in the morning.

A musical programme “Shuneche Se Sangeet-er Moto” was presented under the direction of Smt. Anita Pal, with narration by Avijit Pal and Sutapa Ghosh Dastidar was held in the evening

Vocal Recitals by Avijit Pal, Saikat Bandyopadhyay, Arpita Banerjee, Ipsita Pramanik, Chaitali Banerjee, Shanoli Dasgupta, Sunrita Ghosh & Anita Pal. Commentary & Compilation by Amit Dasgupta

The day ended with prize distribution for recitation and declamation competition held earlier in the month

The programme was organised by Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture


The Mother's Flag
India's National Flag
Hoisting of The Mother's Flag
Hoisting of India's National Flag
Visitor's observing the hoisting of The Mother's Flag
Paying Tribute to The National Flag of India
Collective Meditation
Reading from Sri Aurobindo's Savitri - Shri Abhijit Bajpai
Vocal music programme held in the evening - Smt. Anita Pal
A musical programme “Shuneche Se Sangeet-er Moto”
Smt. Sutapa Ghosh Dastidar
Shri Avijit Pal
Prize winners of Recitation and Declamation competition
Shri Amal Pal being felicitated
Smt. Anita Pal being felicitated
The artists of the evenings musical programme
The Shrine at Sri Aurobindo Nilaya, Santiniketan
The Mother's photograph in the meditation room