Kadambari Tagore

Kadambari Tagore

Kadambari Devi (1859-1884); Rabindranath’s sister-in-law

Kadambari Devi was Rabindranath’s sister-in-law (his older brother Jyotirindranath’s wife) and his muse. Kadambari (originally named Matangini) was born in 1859. She was nine when she entered the Tagore household as Jyotirindranath’s bride-to-be. Rabindranath was seven at the time and admired her. Read more