CHENNAI TOURIST PLACES

BHARATHIYAR ILLAM

It is the house in Chennai where Subramanya Bharthi, one of the greatest of Tamil Poets spent the last few years of his creative life. The Bharatiyar Illam located in Triplicane, just opposite to the famous Parthasarathy Temple on its west side, was taken over and renovated by the Tamil Nadu Government and opened to public in on 02nd October,1993. Among the things displayed here at Bharathiyar Illam, there are his family photographs and pictures of his friends, his verses written in his own hands. There is also a letter written by Mahatma Gandhi in Tamil, to mark the event of the opening of Bharathiyar Mani Mandapam in 1947 at Ettayapuram, his birthplace and letters that were written to his friend Nellaiappar.

Address:

TP Koil strest, Triplicane,

Chennai – 600005,

Tel: 28442423.