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சி. சுப்ரமணிய பாரதியார் பாடல்கள்: தெய்வப் பாடல்கள் — C. Subramania Bharati, Teivap Pāṭalkaḷ

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Catalogue identifier
kali-0013
Alternate titles and import identifiers
KALI-0013; Project Madurai pmuni0012_02
Author or attribution
C. Subramania Bharati; e-text prepared by Govardhanan; HTML/PDF by K. Kalyanasundaram
Record type
Poetry
Language
Tamil
Date / edition
2021-09-16 [digital revision]
Source / repository
Project Madurai
Access
Open access
Subjects
Kali Library Research Catalogue; Hymns, Prayers, and Devotional Poetry

Description and curator notes

This complete Tamil digital collection places Bharati’s Kali poems within a wider body of devotional verse. The sustained goddess sequence includes songs to Kali, a hymn, appeals for spiritual power, an offering of the self, the dance of dissolution, and praise of Mahakali. Its range allows readers to follow the connections among the poet’s language of Mother, Sakti, fearlessness, creative power, and liberation, rather than encountering one isolated lyric. The collection also contains poems to other divine figures; their presence is part of Bharati’s literary setting and does not make every poem Kali-specific. The edition numbers its contents through poem 78 and ends with poems on Jesus and Allah. A single catalog record represents the full collection. Individual Kali poems can be indexed as passages within it without multiplying the source count. The Tamil text is searchable and the project supplies explicit conditions for distributing the electronic file with its header intact.

KALI-0013 — 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.

Subramania Bharati’s Devotional Poems
Author / attribution: C. Subramania Bharati; e-text prepared by Govardhanan; HTML/PDF by K. Kalyanasundaram
Publication: Project Madurai · 2021-09-16 [digital revision]
E-text 0012, part 2; complete digital collection, numbered through poem 78.
Format / language: Primary devotional poetry · Tamil
Composition / textual history: Early twentieth century; individual poem dates vary
Identifier: Project Madurai pmuni0012_02
Kali relevance: A substantial sequence of complete Tamil Kali and Mahakali poems, including the dance of dissolution and dedication to Kali.
Context: Tamil literary devotion in the early twentieth century.
Subjects: Hymns, Prayers, and Devotional Poetry
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 permits free distribution of this electronic file if its header is retained. Do not assume this statement governs unrelated editions or translations.

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Complete text checked 2026-11-05. Project Madurai permits free distribution of this electronic file if its header is retained. Do not assume this statement governs unrelated editions or translations. This library links to the source and does not reproduce its full text.

Citation

C. Subramania Bharati; e-text prepared by Govardhanan; HTML/PDF by K. Kalyanasundaram. சி. சுப்ரமணிய பாரதியார் பாடல்கள்: தெய்வப் பாடல்கள் — C. Subramania Bharati, Teivap Pāṭalkaḷ. Project Madurai · 2021-09-16 [digital revision].

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