Rabindra Jayanti marks the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, a versatile creative genius renowned for his contributions as a poet, music composer, novelist, playwright, painter, humanist, philosopher, scholar, and social reformer—all rolled into one.

While Rabindranath was born on May 7th, 1861, Rabindra Jayanti is observed on the 25th day of Baisakh in the Bengali calendar, typically falling on either May 8th or 9th.