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|name = Somasundara Bharathiar<br />
|image = Somasundara bharathiar.jpg<br />
|image_size=200px<br />
|caption = Somasundara Bharathiar in his old age<br />
|birth_name = Satyananda Somasundaran<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1879|7|27}}<br />
|birth_place = Ettayapuram [[Thoothukudi district]] <br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1959|12|14|1879|7|27}}<br />
|death_place = [[Madurai]]<br />
|nationality = [[India]]n<br />
|other_names = <br />
|known_for = Tamil research<br />
|education = post graduate in arts, undergraduate in law<br />
|employer = [[Annamalai University]], [[Chidambaram]]<br />
|occupation = Lawyer, Tamil professor<br />
| title = Navalar, Kanakkayar.<br />
| religion= <br />
| spouse= (1) Meenatchi <br> (2) Vasumathi<br />
|children= (1) Dr. Rajaram Bharathi <br> (2) Lakmirathan Bharathi <br> (3) Lakshmi Bharathi <br> (4) Meenatchi <br> (5) Dr. Lalitha Kameshwaran<br />
|parents= Ettappa Pillai, Muthammal.<br />
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|relatives= <br />
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'''Somasundara Bharathiar''' (27 July 1879 – 14 December 1959) was a [[Tamils|Tamil]] researcher, writer, professor and lawyer. He participated in the [[Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu]]. He also headed the movement for the abolition of [[untouchability]] in Madurai.<br />
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==Early days==<br />
Satyananda Somasundaran is the birth name of Somasundara Bharathiar.<ref name="one">{{Cite book |title=நாவலர் ச. சோமசுந்தர பாரதியாரின் நூல் தொகுதி – 2 |publisher=சாம்பசிவனார் ச, வசுமதி பதிப்பகம் |date=January 1997 |location=Chennai}}</ref> Born to Subramaniya Nayakkar (''Ettappa Pillai'') - Muthammal on 27 July 1879 in Ettayapuram. He was a friend of [[Subramania Bharati]], whose father worked with Somasudara Bharathi's father. Both Somasundaran and Subramaniyam went to a poetry competition. Both their poems were selected as best poems. Both were given the title Bharathi.<ref>{{Cite book |last=பெரியபெருமாள் |first=குன்றக்குடி |title=தமிழ் வளர்த்த நல்லறிஞர்கள் |year=1996 |location=Chennai}}</ref><br />
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