Bharathidasan
Bharathidasan (April 29, 1891 – April 21, 1964) was a famous poet born in Pondicherry. His given name is ‘Kanakasuppurattinam’. He worked as a Tamil editor and changed his name to ‘Bharathidasan’ due to his attachment to Subramania Bharathiyar. Bharathidasan, by his uplifting writings, is widely known as the Revolutionary Poet and Bavender. He ran a Monday magazine called Quill (in poetic form).
Biography
The revolutionary Bharathidasan was born on April 29, 1891 in Puthuvai to the great merchant Kanakasabai Mudaliar and Ilakumi Ammal in the tradition of the Chengundar handicraft Mudaliar. The poet’s given name is Kanakasupurattinam. In 1920 he married Palani Ammayar.
He attended a French language school at an early age. However, the time spent studying in a Tamil school was long. At the age of sixteen, he entered the Kalve College for the Tamil Scholarship Examination. In the second year, he was selected as the first in the college due to his knowledge of the Tamil language and his knowledge of Tamil. At the age of eighteen, he became a distinguished politician and a Tamil teacher in a government college.
Music and goodwill were headlined to visualize the poetry in his soul. At an early age he would write short songs, beautifully and tastefully and sing them to his comrades.
At a friend’s wedding, after dinner, c. Subramania sang Bharathiar’s folk song. Bharatiyar was also present at the party. But the poet does not know it. That song introduced him to Bharathiyar. However, he had already met Bharathiyar in a series written by Bharathiyar himself called Bharathidasan himself.
His first song was written by Bharathiyara himself and was written by ‘Kanaka Suburattinam of Siri Subramania Kavitha Mandalam’ and sent to ‘Sudesamithiran’ magazine.
In the Tamil magazines published from Puduvai, he wrote under many pseudonyms such as “Kandaluthuvon”, “Kirukkan”, “Kindalkaran”, “Bharathidasan”.
Father Periyar was also an ardent volunteer. He was also heavily involved in the Dravidian movement. Because of that, God recorded denial, caste denial, religious opposition, etc. through his songs.
Bharathidasan, a famous writer, film writer and great poet, also involved himself in politics. Elected to Puducherry Assembly in 1954.
On July 29, 1946, by the scholar Anna, the poet was hailed as a “revolutionary” and was awarded Rs. 25,000.
Bharathidasan is full of sense of humor. In 1969, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his play “Pisirantaiyar”. His works were made public by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1990.
Debit on Bharatiyar
Bharathidasan, who was obsessed with the Tamil language, considered Subramania Bharathiyara as his psychic guru. He sang his song during his friend’s wedding and met Bharathiyar in person. Not only did he get compliments from Bharti, he also got his friendship. From that day on, he changed his given name from Kanakasupurattinam to ‘Bharathidasan’.
Death
Bharathidasan passed away on April 21, 1964.
Source: Wikipedia
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