1. Subramania Bharati was bestowed the title Bharati for his poetry and was a pioneer of modern Tamil poetry.
30 Facts About Subramania Bharati
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Subramania Bharati is popularly known by his title Bharati or Bharathiyaar and by the other title "Mahakavi Bharati".
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Subramania Bharati's works included patriotic songs composed during the Indian Independence movement.
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Subramania Bharati fought for the emancipation of women, against child marriage, opposed the caste system, and advocated reforms of the society and religion.
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Subramania Bharati later lived in Varanasi for sometime where he was exposed to Hindu theology and new languages.
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Subramania Bharati worked as a journalist with many newspapers, including Swadesamitran, The Hindu, Bala Bharata, Vijaya, Chakravarthini and India.
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Subramania Bharati considered Sister Nivedita, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda, as his guru.
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Subramania Bharati was attacked by an Indian elephant at Thiruvallikeni Parthasarathy Temple whom he fed daily and died a few months later on 11 September 1921.
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Subramania Bharati's works include Panjali Sabatham, Kannan Paatu, Kuyil Paatu, Paapa Paatu, Chinnanchriu Kiliye, Vinayagar Nanmanimalai and Tamil translations of Patanjali's Yoga Sutra and Bhagavat Gita.
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Subramania Bharati's mother died in 1887 when he was five years old and he was brought up by his father and his grandmother.
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Subramania Bharati was granted a job in the court of Ettayapuram, which he left after a while and went to Varanasi.
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Subramania Bharati changed his outward appearance, growing a beard and started wearing a turban.
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Subramania Bharati served as a Tamil teacher from August to November 1904 in Sethupathy High School in Madurai.
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Subramania Bharati inspired Bharathi to recognize the rights and privilege of women.
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Subramania Bharati later attended the Indian National Congress session in Calcutta held under Dadabhai Naoroji, which demanded Swaraj and boycott of British goods.
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Subramania Bharati's writings included diverse topics ranging from nationalism to contemplations on the relationship between God and Man.
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Subramania Bharati translated Vedic hymns, Patanjali's Yoga Sutra and Bhagavat Gita to Tamil language.
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Subramania Bharati was stricken by poverty and ill health during this period.
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Subramania Bharati delivered his last speech at Karungalpalayam Library in Erode on the topic Man is Immortal.
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Subramania Bharati was struck by an Indian elephant named Lavanya at the Thiruvallikeni Parthasarathy Temple whom he used to feed often.
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Subramania Bharati is known by the nickname "Mahakavi".
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Subramania Bharati proposed novel ideas and techniques in his poems.
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Subramania Bharati used a metre called Nondi Chindu in most of his works, which was earlier used by Gopalakrisnha Bharathiar.
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Subramania Bharati's poetry was a forerunner to modern Tamil poetry in different aspects and combined classical and contemporary elements.
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Subramania Bharati penned thousands of verses on diverse topics like Indian Nationalism, love, children, nature, glory of the Tamil language, and odes to prominent freedom fighters.
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Subramania Bharati fought for the emancipation of women, against child marriage, vehemently opposed the caste system, and stood for reforming society and religion.
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Subramania Bharati's poems were the first to be nationalized in India in 1949.
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Subramania Bharati's works include Panjali Sabatham, Kannan Paatu, Kuyil Paatu, Paapa Paatu, Chinnanchriu Kiliye and Vinayagar Nanmanimalai.
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Subramania Bharati translated Patanjali's Yoga Sutra and Bhagavat Gita to Tamil.
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Many of the poems written by Subramania Bharati are used in various films in the form of songs.