Leaders pay tribute to poet Bharathi on his birth anniversary
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Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy led the Union Territory in paying tributes to nationalist poet Subramania Bharathi on his 136th birth-anniversary today.
Deputy Speaker V P Sivakolundhu, legislators, delegates of different Tamil outfits and officials were among those who paid tributes at the revolutionary poet's statue near Raj Nivas, Puducherry.
Popularly known as 'Mahakavi Bharathi,' he was a zealous freedom-fighter, journalist and social reformer.
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Narayanasamy, others pay respects to the fierce social reformer
HCM @VNarayanasami pays tribute to Tamil Poet Freedom Fighter Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi on his birth anniversary today at #Puducherry .
— CMO Puducherry (@CMPuducherry) December 11, 2018
#SubramaniaBharatiyar . pic.twitter.com/MNcl1joJU6
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Narayanasamy also visited memorial-cum-museum dedicated to Bharathi
Narayanasamy then drove to Bharathiar Memorial-cum-museum located at the place, where the poet lived for 10 years, when the UT was under French rule. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal, Harsh Vardhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, and former MP Tarun Vijay also paid tributes to Bharati, aka Bharathiar.
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Bharathi was a great pioneer for women liberation: Tarun Vijay
A million salutes to the memory of great revolutionary poet #MahaKaviBharathi on his birth anniversary today. Chinnaswami Subramania Bharathi was a social reformer, great pioneer for women liberation and empowerment and an icon of national unity. He lived in #Varanasi many yrs. pic.twitter.com/0HLgaAl1wa
— Tarun Vijay (@Tarunvijay) December 11, 2018
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Pradhan pays homage to Bharathi on his birth anniversary
My homage to the renowned activist of our freedom struggle, social reformer and writer, Chinnaswami Subramania Bharati ji on his birth anniversary. He was fondly known as "Mahakavi Bharati” for his prolific literary creations. pic.twitter.com/l0ItT9oPPE
— Dharmendra Pradhan (@dpradhanbjp) December 11, 2018
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'Songs penned by #Bharathiyar still charge us with patriotic spirit'
My humble tribute to one of the greatest Tamil literary figures, journalist, social reformer Shri Subramania Bharathi Ji on his 136th birth anniversary.Songs penned by #Bharathiyar during Independence movement still charge us with patriotic spirit. @BJP4India @BJP4TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/265Fr5hwYt
— Dr. Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) December 11, 2018
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His contribution towards art, literature has left lasting impact: Goyal
Remembering Subramania Bharati, one of the greatest Tamil literary figures, on his birth anniversary. His poems were a source of inspiration during our freedom movement and his contribution towards art literature have left a lasting impact pic.twitter.com/KXrqZmAu9m
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) December 11, 2018