A Bust of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore was today unveiled today by Prof. G.L. Peiris, Minister of External Affairs of Sri Lanka in the presence of Ashok K. Kantha, High Commissioner of India and Prof. Kshanika Hirimburegama, Vice Chancellor, University of Colombo at the Main Library of the University of Colombo.

The Bronze Bust has been gifted by Ministry of Culture, Government of India on the occasion of 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The greenish bronze bust is sculpted by Janak Jhankar Narzary, a renowned sculptor and Professor of Art History in Kala Bhavana, Visva-Bharati.

The unveiling of the bust marks end of year and half long celebrations of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore in Sri Lanka which included a series of events, including the issue of special postal stamps by the Sri Lankan government, release of a commemorative volume “Remembering Rabindranath Tagore”, a Tagore Film Festival focusing on the works of Gurudev Tagore and other cultural programmes associated with him.