Karasur Padmabharathi

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Karasur Padmabharathi

Narikuravar Inavaraiviyal

Karasur Padmabharathi (1975) is an anthropology and folklore studies researcher. She has performed extensive field research and has authored books on people from the Narikuravar community and on transgender people.

Birth and Education

Karasur Padmabharathi's given name is C.Padmavathi. She was born in Karasur near Villianur, Puducherry on 15-07-1975. Karasur Padmabharathi completed her schooling in Villianur Kannagi Government Girls Higher Secondary School.

Karasur Padmabharathi has extensive educational qualifications. After completing her bachelor's degree (BA) at Pondicherry University, she got a Master's degree (MA) in Integrated Literature Education in 1999. She did her M.Phil at Pondicherry University in 2000. Karasur Padmabharathi received her Bachelor of Arts (B.Ed) in Education from Immaculate College of Education in 2004 and her Master of Education (M.Ed) from Annamalai University in 2006. She then obtained her M.Phil in education from Alagappa University in 2008 and her doctorate in education from the Tamil University, Thanjavur in 2011.

Karasur Padmabharathi completed a certification course on Anthropology and Linguistics in Puducherry Institute Of Linguistics And Culture and a diploma course in 2006. She also has a PGDCA in Computer Education.

Academic Research Theses

Karasur Padmabharathi conducted research on the rituals of the people in Narikuravar community for her Master’s degree. Her thesis was titled 'Narikuravar Sadangu Or Aaivu'. For her M.Phil, she wrote a thesis on contributions of the magazine 'Kasadathapara' in the little magazine movement. For her Master's in Education, Karasur Padmabharathi did research on the textbooks issued by the Government of Tamil Nadu for Class XII students. For her M.Phil in Education, she wrote a thesis titled 'A Study of Emotional Maturity and Teaching Competency of B.Ed. students'.

Karasur Padmabharathi studied the traditional gynocological medicinal practices of people from Tamil Nadu’s oppressed classes for her doctoral thesis. Her thesis was titled 'Traditional reproductive medicine of oppressed castes'. For her diploma in anthropology, she wrote a thesis titled 'Koothandavar Temple, an ethnographic perspective'.

Work

Karasur Padmabharathi worked as a temporary lecturer between 2006 and 2012 at Loyola college. After that, she worked as a Tamil teacher at the Aditya Vidyalaya Higher Secondary School, a private school, from 2013 to 2015. She did not work after 2015.

Personal Life

Karasur Padmabharathi is married.

Thirunangaiyar

Awards

• 2004 Tamil Valarchithurai Viruthu (for her work on ethnography of Narikuravar people)
• 2013 Wrier Su. Samudram Award (awarded by theProgressive Writers Union)
• 2022 Tamil Wiki - Thooran award

Research on Narikuravar people

Karasur Padmabharathi's Narikuravar Inavaraiviyal (Narikuravar people - an ethnography) was published in 2004 by Tamizhini Pathippagam. It is a book about an ethnographic study carried out using anthropological methods. Karasur Padmabharathi expanded her thesis on the rituals of the Narikurava people, 'Narikuravar Sadangu Or Aaivu' to write this book. Dr. Baktavatchala Bharathi wrote the foreword. Karasur Padmabharathi conducted extensive field study for this work by staying along with Narikuravars for a period of time.

Research on Transgender people

Karasur Padmabharathi conducted field studies on transgender people and wrote the book 'Thinunangaiyar Samoogavaraiviyal' (A sociological study of transgender people). This book was published by Tamizhini Pathippagam in 2014. This is a book that details the rituals, beliefs and aspects of life that have developed within the transgender community of Tamil Nadu. Karasur Padmabharathi expanded her anthropology degree thesis 'Koothandar thiruvizha, inavaraiviyal nokku' (Koothandar festival, an ethnographic study) to write this book.

Contributions to the Tamil Intelligentsia

Both books by Karasur Padmabharathi are cited as exemplary texts on how a field study should be conducted and how a research study should be written up. Her research was performed with very little funding. They can be said to be the primary incursions into the worlds of completely reserved communities of Narikuravars and transgender people. This was created after gaining their trust, staying with them and conversing for a long time. These are the studies that properly documented the beliefs, fears, rituals and a private language that was developed to communicate among themselves and are unknown to the outside world. Though she is one of the primary Tamil Cultural Analysts and has an excellent educational qualification, it is a big loss for the Tamil cultural department not to have her in the Tamilnadu Higher Education department.

Books

Poetry

• Ilamai Nadiyil Mudumai Odangal
• Siragirunthum

Research

• Narikuravar Inavaraiviyal (Narikuravar people - an ethnography)
• Thinunangaiyar Samoogavaraiviyal (A sociological study of transgender people)

References

• Veedilla puthagangal, article by writer S. Ramakrishnan
• Article on writer Jeyamohan's website about Padmabharathi
• On Padmabharathi's book sociological study of transgender people
• An introduction to Padmabharathi's book on the sociology of transgender people
• On Padmabharathi's research on Narikkuravar people
• An introduction to Padmabharathi's book on ethnographic studies on Narikkuravar people
• புத்தக அறிமுகம் – நரிக்குறவர் இனவரைவியல்An introduction to Padmabharathi's book on ethnographic studies on Narikkuravar people[https://puthu.thinnai.com/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%82%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3/ About Karasur Padmabharathi's poems
• An introduction to Padmabharathi's book on Narikuravars

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