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KANPUR: Hundreds of people turned up at Kanpur Central railway station on the last of the exhibition on Saturday to witness the exhibition on Ravindranath Tagore in Sanskriti Express and know more about the life of the great poet. The exhibition had been organized by railway authorities to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Gurudev.Students were taking keen interest in the exhibition and jotting down facts about Tagore's life. Hundreds of schoolchildren and their parents, teachers and others visited the exhibition.Sanskriti Express comprised five coaches. The Indian Railways had aptly designed and decorated the coaches.Ravindranath Tagore was born to Debendranath Thakur and Sarada Devi, who had 14 children. He was born on May 7, 1861 at Jorrashanko Thakur Baarri.In 1883, Tagore had married Mrinalini Devi, daughter of Benimadhab Choudhury of Jessore.The guide of Sanskriti Express said that Tagore was the first Asian to receive Nobel Prize in 1913.In the same year, Kolkata University honoured him with the title of D'Litt.Sanskriti Express has so far touched several cities in the country. The special train will be covering 120 stations in total. The train will terminate at Bolepur railway station in West Bengal next year.tnnThe Sanskriti Express left for its next destination Allahabad on Saturday evening.