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The Kopai River (also called Sal River) is a tributary of the Mayurakshi River. It flows past such towns as Santiniketan, Bolpur, Kankalitala and Labhpur in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.〔 〕 It is a small river in dry season but overflows its banks during the monsoon. ==Literary association== The area around the river quite often has red soil, which forms ravines on the river bank with weathering and is popular as the khoai. It has inspired literary figures in the area.〔 It is described by Rabindranath Tagore as follows – : ''amader chhoto nodi chale anke bankey boisakh masey taar hantu jal thakey''〔''Sahaj Path'' by Rabindranath Tagore〕 ::Our small stream moves forward in bends and curves In the month of Baisakh it only has knee deep waters The local name of a sickle-shaped curve in the river inspired the title of the novel ''Hansuli Banker Upakatha'' (Story of the Sickle-shaped Curve) by Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, made into a film by Tapan Sinha.〔Mukhopadhyay Manabendra, ''Tarashankarer Birbhum'', ''Paschim Banga'', Birbhum Special issue, pp. 259–268, February 2005, Information and Culture Dept., Govt. of West Bengal.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kopai River」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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