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The Government of Tamil Nadu celebrates the 15th (16th on leap years) of January (the second of the month of 'Thai' as per Tamil Calendar) as Thiruvalluvar Day in the poet's honour, as part of the Pongal celebrations. [121] Thiruvalluvar Day was first celebrated on 17 and 18 May 1935. [122]
Poet Thiruvalluvar. The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (41 metres), denoting the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural.This includes a 95-foot (29-metre) sculpture of Valluvar standing upon a 38-foot (12-metre) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of Virtue, the first of the three books of the Kural text.
In 1968, the Tamil Nadu government made it mandatory to display a Kural couplet in all government buses. The train running a distance of 2,921 kilometers between Kanyakumari and New Delhi is named by the Indian Railways as the Thirukural Express. [272] The Kural is part of Tamil people's everyday life across the global Tamil diaspora. K.
Tiruchuli Thiruvalluvar Temple is a Hindu temple at Periya Pudupatti in Tiruchuli, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to poet-saint Valluvar, the author of the Kural text. It is one of the few temples in the state of Tamil Nadu dedicated to Valluvar. Valluvar is worshiped as the 64th nayanmar of the Shaivite tradition and is taken in annual procession.
Moreover, the Tamil saint Thiruvalluvar is believed to have been a member of this community [7] and there is a subsect of Valluvars claiming descent from him. [ 6 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An independent community
Traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Saint Valluvar, the temple is the oldest ever built to Valluvar. The temple also serves as the venue for meetings of Tamil language enthusiasts and conducting Kural classes. While many consider the temple as the birthplace of Valluvar, some additionally consider it as his samadhi (place of cremation).
The day of Kaanum Pongal is often acknowledged as the Thiruvalluvar Day in remembrance of the great historic Tamil writer, poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar who was known for writing the world famous Thirukural. [3] The day is also popularly treated as the sightseeing day as well as the Thanksgiving day.
Thiruvalluvar, the Tamil poet-philosopher, is believed to have been born here in 31 BCE. [11] It was known for its ancient port with a flourishing trade with the Roman Empire, receiving gold in exchange for its products like pepper and fine cloth. St. Thomas the Apostle allegedly died at Mylapore in 72 CE.