The Department of Art and Culture of Puducherry Government and the South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur, organised various cultural programmes at Gandhi Thidal here on Sunday as part of Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiar Vizha.
At the Gandhi Thidal, S. Ganesan, Director of Art and Culture, inaugurated the function in the presence of Tamil scholars.
E.N. Sajith, Director of South Zone Cultural Centre, also participated in the celebrations that included cultural performances by Sangeeth Salangai Natyalaya. They presented a few of Subramanya Bharathi’s compositions as Bharatanatyam.
The birth anniversary of the poet will also be celebrated at the Mahakavi Bharathiar Memorial Museum here on Monday. The house located on Eswaran Kovil Street at the heart of the town had been the centre of literary activities of the poet during his stay in Puducherry.
During his political asylum in Puducherry from 1908 to 1918, he was given full liberty by the French regime and Bharathiyar penned a number of patriotic songs and also published the weekly India .
He had also penned his “Paanjali Sabatham, Kuyil Paatu and Kannan Paatu” here. The government acquired the house in 1973 and converted it into a memorial and research centre.
