Round 3: Tossup 8

Building upon his work in The Precepts of Jesus, a reformer from this region founded a Hindu movement that combined Unitarian moral reasoning with the monotheistic worldview that he’d identified within the Upanishads. During the month of Magh, Muslims and Hindus in this region revere the forest spirit Bonbibi, who guards woodcutters and honey-collectors from danger. A collection of “Bhanusimha” poems chronicling the romance of Krishna and Radha was written by a poet from this region using the artificial language of Brajabuli. Raja Ram Mohan Roy, the founder of the reform movement Brahmo Samaj, was from this region, which experienced a 19th-century Renaissance in the decades following the Battle (10[1])of Plassey. (10[3])For 10 points, what region’s (10[1])music was used to compose various hymns authored by Rabindranath Tagore? ■END■

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