Contributions of A.R. Venkatachalapathi's Bharatiology

Abstract

Bharathi was a great personality who worked in many fields of writing. Bharathi's writings such as poems, stories, articles, journalism, and translation are widely studied today, and the reason why we celebrate a separate field of study called Bharatiology is the Bharti researchers who crossed the border of Tamil Nadu, crossed the border of India, and went to the world level to discover Bharathi's writings and make them available to us. Although Bharathi's life span was very short, research history tells us that there are still many unknown writings by Bharathi till this moment when his centennial is being celebrated. This community that celebrates Bharathi's writings does not pay attention to the personalities who seek out, publish, and document them. After Bharti's death, the search and recordings started by his wife Chellammal Bharti and younger brother C. Viswanathan continue till date. Among them, he continued to search for Bharathi's writings worldwide and found Bharathi's writings in Bharathi's commentaries, Vijaya magazines, and Hindu magazines, and contributed greatly to Bharatiology. The purpose of this article is to explain A R Venkatachalapathi's contributions to Bharatiology.