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Thiruvalluvar statue illuminated at night The monument is regarded as a cultural fusion because of its juxtaposition beside the Vivekananda Rock Memorial . Built-in conformation with traditional Indian architecture , the statue has provision to provide a hollow portion inside from toe to scalp.
Thiruvalluvar statue at SOAS, University of London A temple-like memorial to Valluvar, Valluvar Kottam , was built in Chennai in 1976. [ 111 ] This monument complex consists of structures usually found in Dravidian temples , [ 112 ] including a temple car [ 113 ] carved from three blocks of granite , and a shallow, rectangular pond. [ 111 ]
World's second tallest Hanuman statue: 2003 Thiruvalluvar Statue: Thiruvalluvar: Kanyakumari: 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 ...
Sarvajna and Tiruvalluvar are popular Kannada and Tamil poets, respectively. Statues of Sarvajna in Tamil Nadu and Tiruvalluvar in Karnataka has been unveiled in August 2009 as a symbolic effort to bolster ties between the two Indian states, whose relationship has been strained by issues related to sharing of Kaveri water and Hogenakkal water supply power project.
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.
The Thiruvalluvar Statue, whose construction started in 1990 and completed in 1999, [77] is a 133-feet high (statue height 95 feet erected on a 38 feet stone pedestal [75]) dedicated to the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar, who wrote Thirukkural, considered one of the greatest works in literature of morality and ethics. The height signifies the 133 ...
Idols of Valluvar and Vasuki kept near a statue of Valluvar at the Mylapore Thiruvalluvar Temple. Vasuki (Tamil: வாசுகி) was a Tamil woman who lived around the late or post Sangam era (between 1st century BCE and 5th century CE). She was the wife of the Tamil poet-philosopher Valluvar. She is traditionally considered a faithful wife ...
The construction of the Valluvar Kottam was conceived and executed by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi during the 1970s. [1] It was designed by South Indian traditional architect V. Ganapati Sthapati, who is also the architect of the Thiruvalluvar Statue at Kanyakumari. [3]