Original: In 1921 , Tagore and agricultural economist Leonard Elmhirst set up the Institute for Rural Reconstruction ( which Tagore later renamed Shriniketan -- '' Abode of Wealth '' ) in Surul , a village near the ashram at Santiniketan .
Simplified: In 1921 , Tagore and an agricultural economist [ [ Leonard K. Elmhirst set up the Institute for Rural Reconstruction in a village named Surul near his ashram at Shriniketan .