Bharati Patalkal: Tamil–English digital installments containing poems 72–100 and 151–200

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Catalogue identifier: kali-0012
Alternate titles and import identifiers: KALI-0012; ISBN 81-7090-137-5; Project Madurai 0998 and 1003
Author or attribution: C. Subramania Bharati; edited by T. N. Ramachandran; multiple credited translators, including K. G. Seshadri
Record type: Poetry
Language: Tamil / English
Date / edition: 1989 [print edition]; 2024 [digital installments]
Source / repository: Tamil University, Thanjavur; digital edition Project Madurai
Access: Open access
Subjects: Kali Library Research Catalogue; Hymns, Prayers, and Devotional Poetry; Translations and Commentaries

Description and curator notes

These two complete digital installments reproduce Tamil poems alongside credited English translations from the Tamil University collection edited by T. N. Ramachandran. Their Kali material includes the praise of Mahakali in poem 87 and the hymn to Kali in poem 197; K. G. Seshadri is credited for those translations. The bilingual presentation is useful for comparing imagery, devotional address, and English rendering, while editorial notes sometimes identify earlier publication contexts or textual variants. The record groups the two installments under their shared edition to avoid treating every host page or translated poem as a separate book. It does not claim that these links alone provide the whole 1989 printed volume. Both installments have been checked through their final numbered poems and digital colophons. They complement, rather than replace, the Tamil-only devotional collection in this catalog.

KALI-0012 — Kali Library Research Catalogue.
Access and reliability assessments below are supplied by the curator's 4–5 November 2026 research release, not a new independent verification.

Bharati’s Poems: two complete bilingual digital installments
Author / attribution: C. Subramania Bharati; edited by T. N. Ramachandran; multiple credited translators, including K. G. Seshadri
Publication: Tamil University, Thanjavur; digital edition Project Madurai · 1989 [print edition]; 2024 [digital installments]
Tamil University Publication 117, first edition October 1989. Project Madurai e-texts 0998 and 1003; two complete installments, not the complete 1989 volume.
Format / language: Primary devotional poetry · Tamil and English; original: Tamil
Composition / textual history: Early twentieth-century originals; exact dates vary by poem
Identifier: ISBN 81-7090-137-5; Project Madurai 0998 and 1003
Kali relevance: Complete Tamil and English renderings of several Kali poems in independently published digital installments.
Context: Modern Tamil poetry and twentieth-century English translation.
Subjects: Hymns, Prayers, and Devotional Poetry; Translations and Commentaries
Evidence / reliability: Primary literary text in a volunteer digital edition; not a critical manuscript edition
Access / rights: Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Project Madurai states that the electronic files may be freely distributed with their headers intact. The modern English translations are not assumed to be public domain.

Source and alternate access links:
Read complete text: https://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/utf8/pmuni0998.html
Additional complete installment 1: https://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/utf8/pmuni1003.html

Source access

Read or locate the original source at Tamil University, Thanjavur; digital edition Project Madurai

Rights and reading conditions

Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Project Madurai states that the electronic files may be freely distributed with their headers intact. The modern English translations are not assumed to be public domain. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.

Citation

C. Subramania Bharati; edited by T. N. Ramachandran; multiple credited translators, including K. G. Seshadri. Bharati Patalkal: Tamil–English digital installments containing poems 72–100 and 151–200. Tamil University, Thanjavur; digital edition Project Madurai · 1989 [print edition]; 2024 [digital installments].

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