Raja (play)

Raja (Bengali: রাজা) (also known as The King of the Dark Chamber in the English translation) is a play by Rabindranath Tagore written in 1910.

[1] A short stage version of Raja was published under the title of Arupratan in 1920.

[1] The theme of the play is "the secret dealing of God with the human heart.

"[2] Sukumar Sen described Raja as "the first really symbolic drama by Tagore.

"[1] The play became one of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's favourite books; he found in it an expression of his own religious ideal.