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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.
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[15] [16] In fact, neither his actual name nor the original title of his work can be determined with certainty. [9] Tirukkuṟaḷ itself does not name its author. Monsieur Ariel, a French translator of his work in the 19th century, famously said it is "the book without a name by an author without a name". [17] The name Thiruvalluvar (lit.
Thiruvalluvar: Kanniyakumari: Tamil Nadu: 40.5 133: The entire 133 feet monument depicts the three sections of Thirukkural, namely, virtue (38 chapters), wealth (70 chapters) and love (25 chapters). [6] The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38-foot (11.5 m) pedestal.
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