The monument is regarded as a cultural fusion because of its juxtaposition beside the Vivekananda Rock Memorial. The statue weighs 7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons 7,700 short tons). The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscent of a dancing pose of the Hindu deities like Nataraja. The head of the statue stands at a height of 61 metres (200 ft) above the sea level. The right hand of the statue with three fingers pointing skywards signifies the three cantos of the Kural text, namely, Aram, Porul, and Inbam (Virtue, Wealth, and Love, respectively), combined. The whole design signifies that wealth and love be earned and enjoyed on the foundation of solid virtue.
The statue itself represents the second and third books of the Kural text, namely, Wealth and Love. This includes 95 feet (29 metres) sculpture of Valluvar standing upon a 38 feet (12 metres) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of Virtue, the first of the three books of the Kural text. The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (41 metres), denoting the 133 chapters of the Tirukkural. It is currently the 25th tallest statue in India.
Ganapati Sthapati, who also created the Iraivan Temple, and was unveiled on the millennium day of 1 January 2000 by the then Chief Minister M. The statue was sculpted by the Indian sculptor V. It is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari on the southernmost point of the Indian peninsula on the Coromandel Coast, where two seas (the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea) and an ocean (the Indian Ocean) meet. The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or the Valluvar Statue, is a 41-metre-tall (133 ft) stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, author of the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on Dharma and morality.
0 kommentar(er)
