THIRUVALLUVAR STATUE
Thiruvalluvar is the
godlike artist of Tamil Nadu and has given to the world Thirukkural. The
commemoration statue of Thiruvalluvar is in Kanyakumari. The platform of the
statue is of 38 feet stature and the statue over it is 95 feet tall with a
stupendous aggregate of 133 feet for the whole figure. The 3 level platform
known as Atharapeedam is encompassed by a creative Mandapa known as Alankara Mandapam with 38 feet stature.
Encompassing the Alankara Mandapa stand 10 elephant statues meaning 8 headings
with earth and space down. The father of Sri. Rama, the legend of Ramayana was
called Dasaratha as he could charioteer in ten bearings.To help the
vacationers to venerate the heavenly feet of Thiruvalluvar 140 stages are built
inside the Mandapa. The platform with a tallness of 38 feet speaks to the 38
sections in the Book of Aram in Thirukural and the statue of 95 feet on the
platform speaks to the aggregate parts in Porul (70 sections) and Inbam (25
Chapters). In this manner the statue typically, and imaginatively connotes that
the subject of Porul and Inbam depend on Aram.
STATISTICAL DETAILS OF THE
STATUE
Height of the statue
|
95 ft
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Height of the pedestal
|
38 ft
|
Height of the face
|
10 ft
|
Height of the body parts
|
30 ft
|
Height of the legs
|
20 ft
|
Length of the forearm
|
10 ft
|
Length of the palm leaves
|
10 ft
|
Width of the shoulders
|
30 ft
|
Length of the matted hair
|
05 ft
|
Total weight
|
7000 tons
|
ARCHITECTURE
DETAILS ABOUT 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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Route
Map
By rail:
Some
of the trains plying to and from Kanyakumari are:
- Chennai
Egmore Express
- Tiruchirappalli
- Howrah Express
- Himsagar Express
By
air:
Kanyakumari does not have an airport of its own. The nearest
airport serving the town is Thiruvananthapuram
Airport, which is 80 km away from the place. Taxi services are available
from this international airport to take you to Kanyakumari.
Entrance fee
: free
Visiting Hours : 8 AM To 4 PM .
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