unique feature of Santiniketan is its lush greenery and AESTHETICALLY laid out campus, which stands testimony to TAGORE’s belief that the close connect between man and nature should be the founding principle of education.The Uttarayan Complex in Santiniketan holds five homes that Tagore LIVED in at various stages of his life. Konark, the first home to be built, was used as a venue for poetry recitations and play rehearsals, while Shyamali (an ecofriendly mud HOUSE) was an experiment by Tagore to see if a permanent mud roof could be built. The outer walls of the houses in the Uttarayan Complex are decorated with mud murals painted by students of Kala Bhavana in 1935 under the supervision of the famous painter Nandalal BoWhile Chaitya is a small mud and coal-tar house (resembling a typical thatched BENGALI hut) that showcases art work by university students, Taladhwaj is a round mud hut, built around the trunk of a toddy palm, with palm leaves stretching out over its thatched roof.