He is not trying to dismiss Tagore, but to praise him, while wondering whether some of the cult surrounding him is excessive.
There are other forces at work, more weird than lethal, like the cult surrounding the late Francis Johnson, a bachelor farmer from the tiny town of Darwin.
The cult surrounding him even gained prominence in parts of continental Europe.
A cult surrounding the personality of Henry IV emerged during the Bourbon Restoration.
The book helped to contribute to the growing cult surrounding Manstein's name.
According to the low-key cult surrounding the boy, however, stealing these coins means bad luck as the child sees everything but forgets nothing.
Hitchens attributes this treatment to the "cult" surrounding Churchill's legacy.
Other than the hagiography, there is scant evidence of a cult surrounding him.
He wrote for The Village Voice on ibogaine as a cure for heroin addiction., and took an interest in the cult surrounding East Village cannibal murderer Daniel Rakowitz.
After the war the battle was used to propagate the heroic military cult surrounding the Legions who formed a cornerstone of the new Czechoslovak state.