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
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