Rabindra Jayanti or Poncheeshe Boishakh is celebrated to pay the homage to the great scholar of Kolkata, Rabindra Nath Tagore. Rabindra Jayanti is one of the most locally popular festival of Kolkata. The festival is celebrated on 8th or 9th day of the month May every year. The festival is marked by a number of cultural shows and performances throughout the city of Kolkata.

Rabindra Jayanti has gained a lot of popularity in the state of West Bengal and beyond. The festival provides a platform for the budding artists and literary person, in various cultural shows that are organized in the state during the mentioned dates. Music, skits, dramas, traditional songs and dances are performed in institutes and theatres, followed by the distribution of awards. The festival has become a part of the local culture of Kolkata.

Rabindra Nath Tagore is one of the few Indian personalities to be awarded Nobel Prize. His literary works, including the master piece Gitanjali, has won world wide acclamations. R.N.Tagore is considered as one of the greatest Indian scholars of 20th century. His works reflect a unique blend of Indian poetry and spiritual mysticism. The ideas of great scholarly works produced by Tagore are rooted in the Hindu sacred book Vedas and Upanishads. Through the medium of short stories, novels and theatre, the great scholar was successful to preserve the cultural identity of India.

There is a definite form of music that has been attributed to the cultural icon gaining popularity in the region. The music, called as Rabindra-Sangeet, is a mixture of Indian classic music and popular folklore of Bengal. These performances receive a great attention and accreditation during the festival and the performers receive the patronage. In more simpler terms Rabindra Jayanti is both a test and the celebration of results.