Bharati and Bharatidasan Memorial Museums, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu

Bharati and Bharatidasan Memorial Museums are housed in the dwelling places of the two Tamil poets Subramanya Bharathi and Kanakasubburatnam respectively. Both of these writers are pillars of Tamil literature. At present, their houses have been converted into museums for preservation of their work and things that has been used by them.

Subramanya Bharathi (1882-1921), popularly known as Bharathiyar, came to Pondicherry in 1908 as a runaway from the then ruling Britishers of India. Pondicherry was a French colony for long and this Tamil patriot and great poet made his abode in this peaceful place. Some of the best patriotic compositions of Subramanya Bharathi were composed here in this house on 20, Eswaran Dharamaraja Koil Street, Pondicherry - 605001, where the museum stands today. Some of his finest romantic poems were also products of this time. The Bharathiar Memorial Museum - cum - Research Center, Pondicherry also displays other manuscripts, photographs and letters of the great poet.

The Bharatidasan Museum had been the house of the renowned poet and playwright Kanakasubburatnam (1891 - 1960), who would call himself Bharatidasan, meaning the disciple of Bharati. He was an ardent follower of Subramanya Bharathi and his works were equally good like Bharati. He also flourished writing scripts for films. Some of them related to the rights of women and on Dravidian culture are highly acclaimed. The memorial museum stands on 95 Perumal Koil Street, Pondicherry.

Bharati and Bharatidasan Memorial Museums salute these great poets and the preservations remain as witness to a golden era of Tamil literature.