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Thiruvalluvar is the immortal poet of Tamil Nadu and has given to the world Thirukkural. The memorial statue of Thiruvalluvar is in Kanyakumari. The pedestal of the statue is of 38 feet height and the statue over it is 95 feet tall with a grand total of 133 feet for the entire sculpture. The 3 tier pedestal known as Atharapeedam is surrounded by an artistic Mandapa known as Alankara Mandapam with 38 feet height. Surrounding the Alankara Mandapa stand 10 elephant statues signifying 8 directions with earth and space down. The father of Sri. Rama, the hero of Ramayana was called Dasaratha as he was able to charioteer in ten directions. To help the tourists to worship the holy feet of Thiruvalluvar 140 steps are constructed inside the Mandapa. The pedestal with a height of 38 feet represents the 38 chapters in the Book of Aram in Thirukural and the statue of 95 feet on the pedestal represents the total chapters in Porul (70 chapters) and Inbam (25 Chapters). Thus the statue symbolically, and artistically signifies that the theme of Porul and Inbam are based on Aram. Visting Hours -8 AM To 4 PM .

SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE STATUE OF THIRUVALLUVAR

Chief Sculptor - Dr. V. Ganapathy Sthapathi

Height of the statue of Thiruvalluvar - 95 feet

Total pieces of stones utilised for the statue - 1283

Weight of the statue - 2000 tons

Height of the Athaara Peedam - 38 feet

Total pieces of stone utilized - 672

Weight of the stones in the Peedam - 1500 tons

Total height of the monument - 133 feet

Height of the Alankara-Mandapam - 38 feet

Total pieces of stones utilized for the Mandapam - 1726

Weight of the stones in the Mandapam - 3500 tons

Total weight of the whole structure - 7000 tons

Number of steps upward - 70

Number of steps downward - 70

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