Personal Life
Kanika was married in 1945 to Birendra Chandra Bandypadhyay, former deputy librarian of Viswa Bharati University and a renowned poet. The couple had no children but later she adopted her younger sister's only son Priyom (tanaji, the name given by Mohor di). In her later life, Kanika receded herself to a reclusive lifestyle and led the simple life of an ashramite in Santiniketan.
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