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Dear Sri Thirunarayanan swami

I am a avid admirer of Sri subramanyabharathi and a Vaishnavaite.
The Omossion of "Kulavai Kannan" could be a just a miss non-intended. 
Kuvalai did more to help Bharathiyar than the Congress party.
Bharathy was to me like an azhwar and nayanmar to myy Saivaite 
friends. Kannan pattu is as good to me as Periazhwar because I move 
with time. If I can understand azhwar's poetry(1000 plus years old) 
just reading today, I feel same divine inspiration when i read 
Bharathi). That Kuvalai Kannan was with him must make you proud and 
happy but we all owe much to the very Vishnu Bhaktan be it Iyengar or 
smarthan

T P sampaht

--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, thirunarayanan swamy iyengar 
<nanu_04011955@...> wrote:
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> Respected Swamy
> 
> It is very interest to see the write up on Mr Bharathi. (Friend of 
Kuvalai Kannan)  
> 
> I would like to introduce myself as a "Peran pillai" of Kuvalai 
Kannan (Bharathiar's best and close friend).  Our grand father was 
doing kainkaryam at Thiruvellikeni Pathasarathy swamy 
Thirumadapalli.  
> 
> When I read the last paragrapah, I could not see the name of 
KUVALAI KANNAN swamy.  After Bharathiar was hit by the Temple 
elephant, our Thatha (sriman kuvalai kannan swamy) ran like a bullet 
from the Madapalli to save Bharathiar from the elephant.
> 
> If you go and see the Bharathiar Illam at Triplicane, you can see 
the photo of KUVALAI KANNAN swamy.  His own elder brother name is 
THIRUNARAYANAN.  
> 
> Thanks for reminding me. 
> 
> Adiyen Ramanuja dasan
> S.THIRUNARAYANAN 
> 
> 
> --- On Thu, 11/12/08,  wrote:
> From: Krishna <Krishna@...>
> Subject: [Oppiliappan] Celebrating  Bharathiyar's Birth Day (Dec 11)
> To: "Greycells" <gctf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, HRinIndia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, KrishnaBhagavan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, 11 December, 2008, 10:19 AM
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>  Today Bharathiyar' s Birthday (11 December),
> Best of the Best from Bharathi 
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> Praying the Mother 
> Godess!
> 
> eNNiya muTithal vENTum
> nallavE eNNal vENTum
> thiNNiya 
> nenjcham vENTum
> theLintha nallaRivu vENTum
> paNNiya pAva 
> mellAm
> parithimun paniyE pOla
> naNNiya ninmun ingku
> nasiththiTal vENTum 
> annaay!
> 
> Meaning
> 
> Should all my wishes be fulfilled
> Should I wish only that is 
> good!
> Should I possess a heart that is strong
> So should I acquire a 
> knowledge devoid of doubts
> All my sins
> like the mist before the sun
> In 
> your graceful presence
> disapper should all they be! O! 
> Mother!
> 
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> 
> About Subramanya 
> Bharathi
> Courtsey:Wikipedia, the free 
> encyclopedia
> 
> Subramania Bharati 1882-1921 
> Alternate name(s): Bharatiyar 
> Date 
> of birth: December 11, 1882(1882-12- 11) 
> Place of birth: Ettayapuram, Madras 
> Presidency, [India] 
> Date of death: September 11, 1921 (aged 38) 
> Place of 
> death: Madras, [India]] 
> Movement: Indian independence movement 
> 
> Subramania Bharati (Tamil: ��ப�பிரமணிய 
பாரதி) (December 11, 1882 - September 
> 11, 1921) was a Tamil poet from Tamil Nadu, India, independence 
fighter and 
> reformer. Known as Mahakavi Bharati (the laudatory epithet Maha 
Kavi meaning 
> Great Poet in Tamil), he is celebrated as one of India's greatest 
poets. Bharati 
> was prolific and adept in both the prose and poetry forms, and his 
rousing 
> compositions helped rally the masses to support the Indian 
independence movement 
> in South India. Bharati lived during an eventful period of Indian 
history; his 
> contemporaries included other prominent leaders of the Indian 
independence 
> movement such as Mahatma Gandhi, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Sri Aurobindo 
and 
> V.V.S.Aiyar.
>  
> 
>    Early life
>  
> The house in Ettayapuram where 
> Bharati was bornBharati was born to Chinnasami Subramania Iyer and 
Lakshmi 
> Ammaal on December 11, 1882 in the Tamil village of Ettayapuram. 
Bharati was 
> educated at a local high school called "The M.D.T.Hindu College". 
He learnt 
> music from very young age and at 11 was invited to a conference of 
Ettayapuram 
> court poets and musicians for composing poems and songs. It was 
here that he was 
> conferred the title of "Bharathi" (Goddess of learning). Bharati 
lost his mother 
> at the age of 5 and his father at the age of 16. He married his 
cousin Chellamal 
> in 1897, at the age of fourteen. After an early marriage, Bharati, 
curious to 
> see the outside world, left for Benares in 1898. The next four 
years of his life 
> served as a passage of discovery, when Bharathi discovered a 
country in tumult 
> outside his small hamlet. Bharati worked as a school teacher in 
Madurai 
> Sethupathy High School (Now a Higher Secondary School) and as a 
journal editor 
> at various times in his life.
>  
> 
>    Nationalist
> During his stay in Benares, also known as 
> Kashi and Varanasi, Bharati was exposed to Hindu spirituality and 
nationalism. 
> Bharati's enquiring mind began to see beyond the social taboo 
superstition that 
> held sway amidst the orthodox South Indians. In December 1905, he 
attended the 
> All India Congress Session held in Benaras. On his way back he met 
Sister 
> Nivedita, Vivekanandaâ??s spiritual daughter, and came under her 
spell. From her 
> arose another of Bharatiâ??s iconoclasm, his stand to recognise the 
privileges of 
> women. The emancipation of women exercised Bharatiâ??s mind 
greatly. He visualised 
> the â??new womanâ?? as an emanation of Shakti, a willing helpmate 
of man to build a 
> new earth through co-operative endeavour. [1]
>  
> During this period, Bharati Understood the need to be well-informed 
of the 
> world outside and took avid interest in the world of journalism and 
the print 
> media of the West. Bharati joined as Assistant Editor of the 
Swadeshamitran, a 
> Tamil daily in 1904. By April 1907, he had started and along with 
M.P.T. 
> Acharya, edited the Tamil weekly India and the English newspaper 
Bala 
> Bharatham.
>  
> These papers not only served the purpose of enlightening the masses 
on the 
> affairs of the nation and the world outside, but also were a means 
of expressing 
> Bharathi's creativity, which began to peak during this period. 
Bharathi started 
> to publish his poems regularly in these editions. From complex 
religious hymns 
> to rousing nationalist anthems, from contemplations on the 
relationship between 
> God and Man to songs on the Russian and French revolutions, 
Bharati's subjects 
> were truly diverse.
>  
> He was simultaneously up against personal and social poverty, 
society for 
> its mistreatment of the downtrodden people, and the British for 
occupying India. 
> Though he lived a life of abject poverty, he was always positive.
>  
> 
>    Militancy
> Bharathi participated in the historic Surat 
> Congress in 1907, which deepend the divisions within the Indian 
National 
> Congress between the militant wing led by Tilak and Aurobindo and 
the 
> 'moderates'. Subramania Bharati supported Tilak and Aurobindo 
together with V. 
> O. Chidambaram Pillai and Kanchi Varathaachariyar. Tilak openly 
supported armed 
> resistance against the British.
>  
> Bharati immersed himself in writing and in political activity. In 
Madras, 
> in 1908, he organised a public meeting to celebrate Swaraj 
(independence) Day'. 
> His nationalistic poems Vanthe Matharam, Enthayum Thayum, Jaya 
Bharath were 
> printed and distributed free to the audience. He is rightly 
referred to as the 
> National Poet of India.
>  
> 
>    Exile in Pondicherry
> In 1908, he gave evidence in the 
> case which had been instituted by the British against V.O. 
Chidambaram Pillai. 
> In the same year, the proprietor of the 'India' was arrested in 
Madras. Faced 
> with the prospect of arrest, Bharati escaped to Pondicherry which 
was under 
> French rule.
>  
> From there Bharati edited and published the weekly journal India, 
Vijaya, a 
> Tamil daily, Bala Bharatha, an English monthly, and Suryothayam a 
local weekly 
> of Pondicherry. 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.
>  
> During his exile, Bharati had the opportunity to mix with many 
other 
> leaders of the militant wing of the Independence movement such as 
Aurobindo, 
> Lajpat Rai and V.V.S. Aiyar, who had also sought asylum under the 
French. 
> Bharathi met with Aurobindo in Pondicherry and the discussions 
often turned to 
> religion and philosophy. He assisted Aurobindo in the Arya journal 
and later 
> Karma Yogi in Pondicherry. Bharathy met with Mahatma Gandhi in 1919 
in Rajaji's 
> home.
>  
> Bharathi entered British India near Cuddalore in November 1918 and 
was 
> promptly arrested. He was imprisoned in the Central prison in 
Cuddalore in 
> custody for three weeks - from 20 November to 14 December. In Kashi 
he met a 
> sikh and he was inspired to change his attire and started wearing 
turban.
>  
> 
>    Literary career
> Bharati had an exceptional love and 
> devotion towards his mother tongue Tamil language, which he 
considered as the 
> sweetest of all the languages known to him. He has written in one 
of his poems, 
> 'Of all the languages I know, I have not heard a sweeter language 
than Tamil' 
> (யாமறிந�த ம�ழி�ளில� 
தமிழ�ம�ழி ப�ல� �னிதாவத� 
�����ம� �ாண�ம�). He was fluent in 
> many languages including Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Kutchi, French 
and English 
> and frequently translated works from other languages into Tamil. He 
had a 
> voracious appetite for learning ancient and contemporary Tamil 
literature and 
> derived astonishing insights from the ancient poems. He emphasized 
that 
> musicians should not sing songs which they don't understand and 
should learn 
> from Hindustani musicians how to train their voices. He was not a 
simple 
> propagandist poet, however noble his patriotic and humanist 
sentiments were. He 
> was also a seeker of beauty and philosophic wisdom. As a national 
poet, as a 
> poet with a universal vision and as a poet of beauty and truth, he 
is comparable 
> to some of the great poets of the world. Hence his claim to a lofty 
place in the 
> great galaxy of world poetry.
>  
> A number of his creations are about nature. Both Bharati and 
Shelley were 
> soaring spirits and loved the sparrow and the skylark respectively 
as symbols of 
> freedom. But Bharathi is not content with the mindless joy of the 
sparrow; he 
> wants to fly in the sky like a bird so that he can see the endless 
hills, 
> springs, rivers and the sea. But the human body does not give him 
full freedom 
> and he also recognizes that the very growth of human civilization 
is a hindrance 
> to experiencing the bliss of the bird. But he never wants to 
surrender his 
> humanity. He is alive to the fact that in the world of the bird, 
there is no 
> intellectual joy of man. Whereas Shelley is unwilling to return to 
the earth 
> because of its sadness (our sincerest laughter with some pain is 
fraught), 
> Bharathiâ??s sparrow asks man to give up not life but desire. 
Bharathiâ??s poetry is 
> not an escape from but into life. [2]
>  
> 
>    Nationalistic poems
> Bharathi is considered a 
> nationalistic poet due to his number of poems of the patriotic 
flavour through 
> which he extolled the people to join the Independence struggle. He 
wrote "The 
> glorious Himalayas are ours and there is none to compare with it on 
this 
> earthâ?¦The good river Ganges is our river and there is no river to 
rival its 
> goodnessâ?¦
>  
> வி��தல�! வி��தல�! 
வி��தல�! பற�ய ர�����ம� 
����� த�யர� ப�ல�ய ர
�����ம� வி��தல� 
> பரவ ர��� ��றவர�����ம� 
மறவ ர�����ம� வி��தல�! 
திறம� ��ண��த�ம� யற�ற 
த�ழில� ப�ரிந�த� 
> யாவர�ம� த�ர�ந�த �ல�வி 
�ானம� �ய�தி வாழ�வம� �ந�த 
நா���ில�.
>  
> Instead of merely being proud of his country he also outlined his 
vision 
> for a free India. He wrote 'When you say Bharat you will lose your 
fear of your 
> enemiesâ?¦We will make weapons, produce good paper, we will build 
big factories 
> and create great schools. We will never rest, nor sleep; we will be 
truthful and 
> excelâ?¦'
>  
> Bharathi's strong nationalistic sense may be illustrated by this:
>  
> �யிரம� �ண��ி���� �ாதி, 
�னில� �ன�னியர� வந�த� 
ப��ல�ன�ன ந�தி! 
> We may have 
> thousand of sects; that, however, does not justify a foreign 
invasion. 
>  
>    Religious and philosophical poems
> Bharati produced such 
> masterpieces as Kannan Paattu (Song of Krishna), in which Bharati 
sought to 
> portray God as the source of all of humanity's passions in the most 
accessible 
> of forms including in the roles of a love-lorn lover, of a 
mischievous child, of 
> an innocent child, and of a wise teacher.
>  
> Bharati also published two of his most widely read epics during 
this 
> period: Panchali Sapatham (Draupadi's Vow), a poetic semi-political 
reflection 
> on greed, pride and righteousness derived from the Indian epic 
Mahabharata, and 
> Kuyil Paatu (Song of The Cuckoo), an ode and a tribute to the 
poet's favourite 
> Shelley.
>  
> 
>    Carnatic Music compositions
> Bharati composed Carnatic 
> music kritis in Tamil on love, devotion, etc. He set his songs to 
music and 
> could sing them well in a variety of ragas. In Bharata Deviyin 
Thiru Dasangam he 
> used ten different ragas. His patriotic songs emphasize 
nationalism, unity of 
> India, equality of man and the greatness of the Tamil language, set 
to folk 
> tunes. He sang these himself at various political meetings.
>  
> Although he was fluent in Sanskrit (and other languages including 
Bengali, 
> Hindi, Sanskrit, Kutchi, French and English), he only composed two 
songs purely 
> in Sanskrit, with the vast majority being in Tamil.
>  
> In an article Sangeeta Vishayam (Issues in Music), Bharatiyar 
rebukes 
> musicians for singing songs of the Trinity, Patnam Subramania Iyer 
and others 
> without knowing the meaning because the songs are all in Sanskrit 
or Telugu. He 
> says, without knowing the meaning, singers are unable to sing with 
proper 
> expression. He also says songs usually portray devotion and love 
and not other 
> emotions like courage, anger, wonder, fear, and hatred. He 
emphasized that 
> musicians should not sing songs which they do not understand and 
should learn 
> from Hindustani musicians how to train their voices.
>  
> Bharati set tunes for a number of his songs, however not all of 
them have 
> been recovered. Some of the songs of Bharati that are currently 
very popular in 
> the Carnatic music concert circuit include: Theeratha Vilaiyattu 
Pillai, 
> Chinnanchiru Kiliye (tuned by him in Raga Bhairavi, but popularised 
in 
> Ragamalika), Suttum Vizhi, Thikku Theriyaatha, Senthamizh Nadenum, 
and 
> Paarukkule Nalla Naadu.
>  
> 
>    Journalism
> As a journalist, Bharati was the first in 
> India to introduce caricatures and political cartoons to his 
newspapers; they 
> were satirical and angry hand-drawn illustrations of the poet that 
improvised 
> heavily on the works of his inspiration Thomas Nast. He published 
and edited 
> various journals such as Swadeshamitran, India, Vijaya, and Bala 
> Bharatham.
>  
> 
>    Innovation in Tamil poetry
> Bharati was a pioneer in 
> introducing a new style of Tamil poetry. Until then the poems had 
to follow the 
> strict syntactic rules set down by the ancient Tamil grammatical 
treatise 
> Tolkappiyam. Bharati broke this syntactic bonds and created a prose-
poetic style 
> known as the puthukkavithai (modern poems).
>  
> 
>    Literary output
> Bharati's was a prolific writer and in 
> his short life he produced numerous poems short and long, essays, 
prose-poetry 
> and fiction. He wrote poems in both the conventional as well as his 
new style of 
> puthukkavithai. His works may be broadly classified into these 
heading
>  
> Autobiography (��ய �ரித�) 
> Patriotic songs (த��ிய ��த���ள�) 
> 
> Philosophical songs (�ானப�பா�ல��ள�) 
> Miscellaneous songs (பல�வ��ப� 
> பா�ல��ள�) 
> Devotional songs (த�த�திரப� 
பா�ல��ள�) 
> Commentary on Gita 
> (ப�வத� ��த� ம�ன�ன�ர�) 
> Kannan song, Kuyil song (�ண�ணன� பா����, 
��யில� பா����) 
> 
> Panchali's Vow (பா���ாலி �பதம�) 
> Chandrika's story (�ந�திரி��யின� 
�த�) 
> (an unfinished novel) 
> Pappa Pattu (பாப�பாப� பா����) (Songs 
for the Children) 
> 
> Leaders 
>  
> Social reformer
>  
> A statue of Subramania Bharati is unveiled by 
> President R. Venkataraman (right) with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 
(centre) and 
> Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. G. Ramachandran in attendanceHis 
poetry expressed a 
> progressive, reformist ideal. His powerful imagery and the vigour 
of his verse 
> has come to symbolise Tamil culture in many respects. Bharathiyaar 
famously 
> espoused greater freedom and respect for women:
>  
> We will destroy the idiocy 
> Of denigrating womanhood 
> In the poem, 
> Bharati expresses his frustrations at some of the deploring 
superstitions of his 
> fellow men which are responsible for their remaining as slaves 
despite all their 
> resources and glorious past.
>  
>  
>  
> 'My blood boils to think of these idiotic men! How many divisions 
within 
> us, they are more than a crore!â?¦' 
> Bharati fought against the caste system in 
> the Hindu society. Although born into an orthodox Brahmin family, 
he gave up his 
> own caste identity. One of his great sayings meant, "There are only 
two castes 
> in the world: One who is educated and one who is not". He 
considered all living 
> beings as equal and to illustrate this he even performed upanayanam 
to a young 
> harijan man and made him a Brahmin. He also scorned the divisive 
tendencies 
> being imparted into the younger generations by their elderly tutors 
during his 
> time. He openly criticised the preachers for mixing their 
individual thoughts 
> while teaching the Vedas and the Gita.
>  
> 
>    Death
> Bharati's health was badly affected by the 
> imprisonments and by 1920, when a General Amnesty Order finally 
removed 
> restrictions on his movements, Bharati was struggling in penury and 
failing 
> health resulting in his tragic premature death.
>  
> Bharati was struck by an elephant at Parthasarathy temple, 
Thiruvallikeni, 
> Chennai. It is an irony of fate that a temple elephant, whom he 
used to feed 
> regularly, attacked him one day from which he got very sick. He 
however survived 
> the mishap. A few months later his health deteriorated and he died 
on September 
> 11, 1921, not yet forty years of age. Though Bharati was a people's 
poet there 
> were only around fifteen people to attend his funeral. [3]
>  
> The last years of his life were spent in a house in Triplicane, 
Chennai. 
> This house was bought and renovated by the Government of Tamil Nadu 
in 1993 and 
> named 'Bharathiyar Illam' (Home of Bharathiyar) .
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