MK Stalin said that weekly programs will be organized for one year to commemorate the 100th death anniversary of the poet
Chennai:
The Tamil Nadu government will observe September 11, the death anniversary of flamboyant poet and freedom fighter Subramaniam Bharathi, as “Mahakavi” day.
Listing out the state Chief Minister MK Stalin’s plans to celebrate the 100th death anniversary of the poet, whose works ignited patriotism and left an indelible mark on Tamil literature, state Chief Minister MK Stalin said the Bharathiyar Memorial for the next one year. Weekly programs will be organized in the house. Century.
“September 11, the death anniversary of Mahakavi Bharati, will be celebrated annually by the government as “Mahakavi Diwas”. A state level poetry competition will be organized for school and college students and with “Bharti Yuva Kavi Puraskar” A purse of Rs one lakh will be given,” the chief minister said in a statement.
He said that a compilation of Subramaniam Bharathi’s poems and essays would be taken out in a book titled ‘Manathil Urithi Vendam’ at a cost of Rs 10 crore and distributed to 37 lakh school students.
A separate wing “Bharathiyal” will be set up to compile copies of Bharathiyar’s books and his research work, copies of which will be available at his monuments at Ettayapuram in Tuticorin district, where the poet was born, and also at Triplicane. . Anna Centenary Libraries in Chennai and Madurai.
He said that programs on the theme “Parengam Bharat” (Bharti everywhere) would be organized in collaboration with World Tamil Associations.
The Chief Minister further said that a concert “Bharti on Screen” featuring only Subramaniam Bharti’s songs in films will be held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here after the coronavirus pandemic.
Besides setting up a chair in the name of the poet at Trichy Bharathidasan University, financial assistance would be provided for the upkeep of the house in Kashi, Uttar Pradesh, where he lived.
“The Mahila Aajeevika Mission to be implemented by the Rural Development Department will be named after Bharater, who advocated women’s development,” the chief minister said.
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