Rabindranath Tagore was an eminent, outstanding and great poet of the Twentieth century of Indo-Anglian Literature. He was called ‘Maharishi’. He is also remembered as an educator who founded Visva Bharti University in Shantiniketan, West Bengal. Tagore is an excellent example of Renaissance man, one skilled in many fields of endeavour. Being an educator, he has always dreamt of a harmony of Universal Humanity. He composed several songs and in 1929 he began painting. He wrote many books of poetry. The most famous one was ‘Gitanjali’ (Song Offerings). It is a collection of English poems and it is also a translated version of Bengali poems. This collection of poems is very famous in West Bengal. This book caused a literary sensation and in the following year in 1913, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his wonderful creation.