CHAITANYA LIBRARY ... The Intellectual Hub in the midst of Theatre District !

The area is Chitpore, Mecca of Jatra Culture, the quintessential Bengali Folk Theatre form. The street is named after Utpal Dutt, the stalwart Bengali theatre personality. Next to the adjacent building situated the century old Minerva Theatre. But in the midst of this theatrical aroma, exists a literary society, serving the intellectual minds for over 125 years now. Chaitanya Library is among the earliest public libraries of Calcutta. Closely associated with Rabindranath Tagore, the organization was founded in 1889 under the name of CHAITANYA LIBRARY & BEADON SQUARE LITERARY CLUB.