He was a turbaned man with moustache when he came back to Tamil Nadu – a scholar in Hindi, Sanskrit and English. His four years stay brought a great change in his personality. When he was sixteen he left for Banaras (now Varanasi). ![]() But the matrimonial tie did not extinguish his hunger for knowledge. Seven year old Chellammal became his wife when he was just fourteen. ![]() He would satisfy his hunger for the beauty of nature at the cost of his fascination and his devotion to the Motherland. He would just not worship the beauty of nature but would many a time throw the last stock of grain to the enchanting birds – the grain that would have been served to him in the evening. He was above the material outlook of life and never earned more than what could sustain him and his family. But the leanings of subbiah were towards literature and language. His father Chiroiaswami Iyer who had a fancy for Visveswaraya wanted his son to be a great Mathematician. Tamil Nadu even today ‘Odi Vilaiyadu pappa…’9 was born in a middle class family in Ettayapuram on December 11, 1882. ![]() ![]() The writer and singer of the famous song sung by the children of Some noted poets who had gathered at the court of the rajah of Ettayapuram awarded the title to the boy who was destined to be the guiding star for millions of people of Tamil Nadu and other parts of the South to fight against the British rule. goddess of learning was added to the name of Subbramanya when he was just eleven.
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