The Banaras Hindu University Kulgeet (BHU Kulgeet) , ''i.e.'', () is a poem written by

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chemist and university professor

Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Indust ...

. It has been composed by Pt. Omkar Nath Thakur. The poem has been popularized and adopted in original as the official university anthem of

Banaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916 ...

and is called ''Kulgeet''. It is customary in the university for this anthem to be sung in chorus before any official event or festival of the university is started. The last stanza of the poem is dedicated to

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ji, founder of the university. The university tagline in Hindi '','' is borrowed directly from the last line of the poem, while the English tagline ''capital of knowledge'' is a translation of the same.

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The ''Kulgeet'' is sung in the university in chorus, and rarely alone. As a mark of respect, clapping after ''Kulgeet'' is prohibited. The composition by Omkarnath Thakur is the official composition. There is no official length prescribed, but the official composition usually takes around four minutes and thirty seconds. File:Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar.jpg, Bhatnagar, the lyricist of ''Kulgeet'' File:Panditomkarnatthakur.png, Thakur, the composer of ''Kulgeet''

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External links

BHU Kulgeet (on YouTube)
{{Banaras Hindu University Hindi poetry Indian poetry collections Banaras Hindu University

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