Bharathidasan

Life Kanaka Subburathinam was born in Puducherry (earlier called Pondicherry) on 29 April 1891 to Kanagasabai Mudaliar and Lakshmi Ammal. He was deeply influenced by the Tamil poet and freedom fighter, Subramania Bharathi,

He remained a prolific writer and poet till he died on 21 April 1964, Pisiraandhaiyaar. Sanke Muzhangu "Thunbam Nergayil" (set in Desh raga by Carnatic musician Dandapani Desikar and used by film composer R. Sudarsanam in Or Iravu in 1951) Thesa gnanam Neelavana aadaikul Valiyor silar Muzhumai Nila Chithirai Pallikudam Kalyanam aagatha penae Kaatrilellam Kandavudal kadal Vaanukku nilavu Paazhai pona manam Vaana mazhai neeye Avalum Naanum Amudhum Thamizhum

Awards and recognitions

Bharathidasan won the Golden Parrot Prize in 1946 for his play Amaithi-Oomai (Peace and Dumbness). He was given the Sahitya Academy Award, posthumously in 1970 for his play Pisiranthaiyar. On 9 October 2001, a commemorative stamp of Bharathidasan was released by the Postal Department in Chennai. He was conferred with the title of "Puratchi Kavingyar" (meaning the "Revolutionary Poet") by Periyar.

Legacy Tamil Nadu's state government gives the Bharathidasan Award annually to a Tamil poet. The Government of Puducherry union territory has adopted Bharathidasan's song of Invocation to Mother Tamil as the state song of Puducherry. A state university named Bharathidasan University was established in Tiruchirappalli. Bharathidasan institute of management, one of India's top B-schools, was established in Tiruchirappalli.