The stamp, priced at Rs. 5, will be released by Sri Lankan Minister for Postal Services Jeewan Kumaranathunga at a function presided over by Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Ashok K. Kantha, said Vikram Misri, Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Colombo.

A commemorative volume, 'Remembering Rabindranath Tagore' edited by Sandagomi Coperahewa and published by the University of Colombo will also be released. The volume contains 15 articles in English, Sinhala and Tamil and highlights the concerns and philosophy of Tagore and his contribution to life and literature.

The events are being organized by the Indian Cultural Centre in association with the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lankan Ministries and Universities, the Tagore Society of Sri Lanka and the India– Sri Lanka Foundation, the Hindu reported.

Tagore visited Sri Lanka thrice – in 1922, 1930 ad 1934. Tagore wrote the national anthem for two countries – India and Bangladesh.