Rabindranath Tagore's letters auctioned for ₹5.9 crore
A rare set of 35 handwritten letters from Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore just sold for ₹5.9 crore in an online auction by AstaGuru.
Addressed to sociologist Dhurjati Prasad Mukherji and written between 1927 and 1936, these letters are officially national treasures—so they can't leave India.
This is the second-highest price ever paid for Tagore's work.
Letters reveal Tagore's thoughts and experiences
These aren't just old letters—they capture Tagore's creative thoughts and life moments.
Written from places like Visva-Bharati, Darjeeling, and his houseboat Padma, they offer a peek into how he thought and worked during a key time in his life.
Tagore's sculpture sold for ₹1.05 crore
Tagore's only known sculpture, The Heart (from 1883), also sold big—₹1.05 crore, nearly double its estimate.
The auction house says these sales show how much value people place on preserving pieces of cultural history today.