Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the International Bharati Festival, 2020 on December 11, 2020.
- This year the festival is being organised in virtual mode and will see participation of several national and international poets and artists.
- The festival is being organised by Vanavil Cultural Centre to celebrate the 138th birth anniversary of Mahakavi Subramanya Bharati.
About Subramanya Bharati
- Bharati, known as ‘Mahakavi’ (great poet), was a poet, novelist, journalist, freedom fighter, feminist and social reformer.
- He was born as Subramaniam to Chinnaswamy Iyer and Lakshmi Ammal in Ettayapuram in modern-day Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu on 11 December, 1882.
- At the age of 11, the ruler of Ettayapuram awarded him the title ‘Bharati’ for his prowess in the Tamil language.
- During this exile in Pondicherry, he produced some of his most famous works, such as Kannan Paatu, Kuyil Paatu and Panchali Sabatham.
- He died on September 11, 1921.
(Source: PIB and The Print)
