Chinnaswami Subramanya Bharathi popularly known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar மகாகவி பாரதியார் was born in Ettayapuram,studied in Tirunelveli and worked as a journalist with many newspapers, notable among them being the Swadesamitran and India
Subramanya Bharathi's birth home at Ettayapuram
Subramanya Bharathi is considered to be one of the greatest Tamil poets of the modern era. Most of his works were on religious, political and social themes.
Subramanya Bharathi's poetry expressed a progressive, reformist ideal. His imagery and the vigour of his verse were a forerunner to modern Tamil poetry in many respects. He was the forerunner of a forceful kind of poetry that combined classical and contemporary elements.
Subramanya Bharathi being a Tamil writer, poet, journalist,Indian Independence Activist, was also an active member of the Indian National Congress(INC)
In 1908, an arrest warrant was issued against Bharathi by the government of British India for his revolutionary activities forcing him to flee to Pondicherry where he lived until 1918.The British tried to suppress Bharathi's output by stopping remittances and letters to the papers. Both India and Vijaya were banned in British India in 1909.
Subramanya Bharathi entered British India near Cuddalore in Nov 1918 and was promptly arrested. He was imprisoned in the Central prison in Cuddalore in custody for three weeks from Nov 20- Dec18,1918
Subramanya Bharathi's Death
was struck by an elephant at Parthasarathy Temple,Triplicane,Chennai ,whom he used to feed regularly.Although he survived the incident, a few months later his health deteriorated and he died on Sep 11, 1921 early morning around 1 am.
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