Wednesday, 8 March 2017

Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathi Illam, Triplicane, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

5th March 2017.
Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi was born in the year 1882 CE at Ettayapuram in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu and his original name was Subramaniyan. He had his education at Tirunelveli and Varanasi. He learned music at the age of 11 and learned to write Poetry. He was conferred with the title of Bharati. He was a multifaceted personality as a poet, as a Journalist, and as a Freedom fighter,  He worked in many journals, and the important ones are Swadesamitran and Karmayogi.


He was an active member of the Indian National Congress. He was issued an arrest warrant in the year 1908 by the British Govt., so he moved to Pondicherry, where he lived till 1918. After that, he lived in Triplicane, Chennai close to  Parthasarathy Temple. Every day he used to feed the temple elephant after worshiping Sri Parthasarathy. One day he was attacked by the elephant badly.  Even though he survived the incident, he died in the year 1921 at the age of 38.

Tamil Nadu Government bought the house in the year 1990,   from the owner and converted it, into a permanent museum in the year 1993, The Museum displays his works, and photos with eminent personalities with whom he was associated.  The house was named “Bharathi Illam”, which is situated at No:75, Thulasinga Perumal Koil Street, Triplicane.
  
LOCATION OF THE BHARATHI ILLAM:    CLICK HERE







---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---

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