Kolkata: Basanta Utsav celebrations ahead of Holi

Students of the Rabindra Bharati University, named after India’s first Noble laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore, play with colours during Dol Utsav program at Jorasanko Thakur Bari in Kolkata. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Jorasanko Thakur Bari in Jorasanko, north of Kolkata, is the ancestral home of the Tagore family. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Students performing at the 'Basanta Utsav' welcoming the spring. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Students' hands smeared with colours as they celebrate 'Basanta Utsav' or spring festival at Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Students performing in the central courtyard of the Tagore's ancestral home. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)

Poet and first non-European Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore was born in this house, which is now a part of Rabindra Bharati University. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)