Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday released a compendium of the complete works of great Tamil poet and freedom fighter Subramania Bharati and hailed his contributions, saying a personality like him comes once in centuries.Emphasising the efforts made in the past decade to elevate the status of the
Tamil language, Modi said, “In the last 10 years, the country has worked with dedication to honour the pride of Tamil.”
He said Bharati’s thoughts and intellectual brilliance continue to inspire people even today.
The prime minister released the compendium at his 7, Lok Kalyan Marg residence here.
The 23-volume set has been compiled and edited by Seeni Viswanathan and published by Alliance Publishers. It contains details of the editions, explanations, documents, background information and philosophical presentation of the writings of Bharati, among others.
Modi lauded the extraordinary, unprecedented and tireless work of six decades for the compilation of ‘Kaala Varisaiyil Bharathiyar Padaippugal’ in 21 volumes. He said the hard work of Seeni Vishwanathan was such a penance, which would benefit many generations to come.
Vishwanathan’s penance reminded him of Maha-Mahopadhyay Pandurang Vaman Kane, who had spent 35 years of his life in writing the History of Dharmashastra, the prime minister said.
He expressed confidence that the work of Seeni Vishwanathan will become a benchmark in the academic world and congratulated him and his colleagues for the seminal work.
“This edition will prove to be of great help to research scholars and intellectuals in understanding the depth of Bharatiji’s thoughts while providing a perspective into the time period he belonged to,” Modi said.