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The Ekambareswarar–Kamakshi Temple, commonly known as the Thiruvalluvar Temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the poet-saint Valluvar in the neighborhood of Mylapore in Chennai, India. The shrine is located within the Ekambareswarar temple complex.
Statue of Valluvar in the Thiruvalluvar Temple, Mylapore. The exact date of Valluvar is unclear. His work Tirukkuṟaḷ has been dated variously from 300 BCE to about the sixth century CE. According to traditional accounts, it was the last work of the third Sangam and was subjected to a divine test (which it passed). [39]
Mylapore (also spelt Mayilapur [note 1]), or Thirumayilai, [3] is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city.
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 600-year-old Mylapore Valluvar Temple. The birthday of Valluvar celebrated here was turned as the Thiruvalluvar Day. [2]Valluvar was chosen as the Tamil language's greatest historical figure after Tamil scholars unanimously agreed to the proposal, chiefly owing to Valluvar's non-denominational work of the Tirukkural.
The following contains the list of places, films, tele-serials, monuments, prizes, scholarships, and educational institutions have been named in honor of Thiruvalluvar. Pages in category "Memorials to Valluvar"
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.
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]