Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday paid homage to Mahakavi Subramania Bharathi on his birth anniversary, hailing the legendary poet for his unparalleled contributions to India's freedom struggle and modern Tamil literature.
Subramaniya Bharathiyar was born on 11th December 1882, in a village called Ettayapuram in Tirunelveli District in Tamil Nadu and his childhood name was Subbiah. His father was Chinnaswamy Iyer and his mother was Lakshmi Ammal.