Early life Subramania Bharati
photo of subramanya bharathi wife chellamma. bharathiyar house in puducherry artistic depiction of subramanya bharathi. bharati born chinnaswami subramania iyer , lakhsmi ammal subbaiah on 11 december 1882 in village of ettayapuram. educated @ local high school called m.d.t. hindu college in tirunelveli. young age learnt music , @ eleven, learnt poetry. during time conferred title of bharati , 1 blessed saraswati, goddess of learning. bharati lost mother @ age of 5 , father @ age of sixteen. married chellamma 7 years old when fifteen years old. brought father wanted him learn english, excel in arithmetic, , become engineer. through great efforts, learnt 32 languages (29 indian languages , 3 foreign languages). bharathiyar handwriting in tamil during stay in varanasi, bharati exposed hindu spirituality , nationalism. broadened outlook , learned sanskrit, hindi , english. in addition, changed outward appearance. grew beard , wore turban due admiration of sikhs, influenced sikh friend. t...