The Thai-Bharat Cultural Lodge (อาศรมวัฒนธรรมไทย-ภารต) is one of the most prestigious Indian

cultural organisation A cultural institution or cultural organization is an organization within a culture/subculture that works for the preservation or promotion of culture. The term is especially used of public and charitable organizations, but its range of meaning can ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

that seeks to promote comparative studies and exchange between Thai and Indian history and culture. It was founded in 1940 in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

by Swami Satyananda Puri with encouragement from the Indian

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Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

. The Swami Satyananda Puri foundation was established by the Thai-Bharat Cultural Lodge in 1942. The SSPF library today is a reference library that houses many old and rare Indian texts. The foundation is also involved in promoting work on Indian culture, especially on the

Ramayana The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th ...

. Today, the TBCL promotes Indian cultural affairs in

and supports Thai and Indian students, studying both in

as well as for studies in India.Indians in Thailand – Thai Bharat cultural lodge – promoting cross border cultural interaction
/ref> The Indian government also provides assistance to the Cultural lodge for promoting Indian languages and culture.

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* {{Citation , surname1 = Kratoska , given1 = Paul H , year = 2002 , title = Southeast Asian Minorities in the Wartime Japanese Empire. , url = , publisher = Routledge. , ISBN = 0-7007-1488-X . Overseas Indian organisations Asian culture Thai culture Indian Independence League Cultural organizations based in Thailand Memorials to Rabindranath Tagore Organizations established in 1940 1940 establishments in Thailand Cultural promotion organizations