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Shantiniketan - hurricane hug to my favourite place (in my visit home)

I had no other day left but the next day of our arrival in Kolkata. We reached by a Friday late night flight. Reached home probably around 12:30 am on Saturday. Zoomed to Shantiniketan next day at 8 am. Shiniketan calling, Poush mela is waiting to be experienced...again. So many wishes to fill, so many things to do, so many songs to listen. Now, be with me, although this trip ended within coming 24 hours from the time we reached Shantiniketan, I wanted to be as vivid in this presentation as I felt. I tried to make here a photowalk, albeit a virtual one. We reached Shantiniketan, in my friend's beautiful bunglow in Gurupolly by noon. Get ourselves fresh and then set out for Sonajhurir math, a place called Khowai where a village fair happens every Saturday. Here you can buy local products from clothes to beautiful potteries, handicraft products. Many Bauls gather here too in expectation of some earning. Shantiniketan has electric rickshaws to reduce Carbon footprint. They ar