Conversation so far:
What is Santiniketan?
Shantiniketan is a neighbourhood of Bolpur city in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 165 km north of Kolkata.
When did Rabindranath Tagore move to Shantiniketan?
In 1901 Tagore moved to Santiniketan to found an ashram with a marble-floored prayer hall—The Mandir—an experimental school, groves of trees, gardens, a library.

Question: Was he successful in founding the ashram?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Rabindranath Tagore successful in founding the ashram?