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He was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry. He is popularly known by his title Bharati or Bharathiyaar and also by the other title "Mahakavi Bharati" ("the great poet Bharati").
- Subramania Bharati: Life and Career
- Bharathiyar: Involvement in Social Reform
- Bharathiyar: Literary and Political Contributions
Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati was born in Ettayapuram, Tirunelveli district on December 11, 1822. His father, Chinnaswamy Iyer was an influential figure, a Tamil scholar employed under the Maharajah. When Bharathiyar was five years old his mother, Lakshmi Ammal, passed away – an event that very much shaped his dedication to the welfare of women th...
Along with his reputation as a poet and freedom fighter, Bharathiyar was also a prominent social reformer. He was vocal against the caste system and consistently spoke about women’s issues. Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Vivekananda, played a big part in this. Their meeting occurred during one of his visits to Calcutta attend a Congress meeting. Th...
Despite Bharathiyar’s poems onnationalismforming only a small part of his work, they are his most well-known ones. He was known as “the people’s poet’, and his poems received praise for its nationalism that was never stifling, one that advocated freedom and liberation for all and did not promote jingoism or toxic nationalism. His vision of national...
Jan 24, 2023 · He was popularly known as Bharathiyar or Mahakavi Bharati (meaning ‘the great poet Bharati’), but he was much more than just a poet. Born in a village in Tamil Nadu in 1882, language, poetry and music excited him from a young age.
Chinnaswamy Subramania Bharathi (March 11, 1882 – March 11, 1921) was a poet, writer, journalist, freedom fighter and social reformer. He is also known as Bharatiyar and Mahakavi. Bharathi was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry with an excellent knowledge of Tamil poetry and prose.
Sep 14, 2020 · It is informed by the early nationalist view of India’s fallen state, colonised by a rapacious foreign nation. The time of its writing was the peak of the Swadeshi movement even as it was...
Oct 14, 2024 · Subramania Bharati (born December 11, 1882, Ettaiyapuram, Madras Presidency, India—died September 12, 1921, Madras (now Chennai)) was an Indian writer of the nationalist period who is regarded as the father of the modern Tamil literary style. The son of a learned Brahman, Bharati became a Tamil scholar at an early age.
Sep 18, 2021 · Bharati’s vision of women’s freedom originated deep within the inexplicable, intuitive wellspring of his poetic talent. It was brought bubbling to the surface by Sister Nivedita.
