<references group="Website" /> **Dakshinee** is one of the [music academies](https://bliptext.com/articles/music-academy) in [Kolkata](https://bliptext.com/articles/kolkata). It primarily focuses on teaching and promoting the [Rabindrasangeet](https://bliptext.com/articles/rabindrasangeet).

History

Suvo Guha Thakurta was a devotee of Rabindrasangeet. He wanted to spread it among Bengali masses which were then confined primarily to Santiniketan. On the advice of Shailaranjan Majumdar, he founded Dakshinee on 8 May 1948.

Early days

Dakshinee started with only 12 students. By 1955 it had 600 students. Between 1962 and 1972 the student strength was over 1500.

Sections

Since inception it has had four functioning sections:

Activities

Publications

In 2008, Dakshinee proposed to publish a special edition on the occasion of its Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.

Location

This institute was earlier started at 132, Rashbehari Avenue. In 1955, it was moved to Dakshinee Bhawan, 1 Deshapriya Park (West) where it has remained.

Affiliated institutes

Notable teachers

Prominent students

Controversies

Although the institute professes to teach Rabindranath Tagore's ideals through his music, it has been alleged that Dakshinee believes in instilling a sense of fear among the rank and file of its students, an idea that is contrary to Tagore's own views on any kind of learning. Dakshinee follows its own discrete notation, disregarding the notation accepted and printed by the bishwa-bharati.