Thiruvalluvar Statue

Vivekananda Mandapam and Thiruvalluvar Statue at Kanniyakumari

When was it built: 1970

Time taken: 6 Years

Where is it located: 500 m east of mainland of Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India

Why was it built: As a memorial to Swami Vivekananda

Architectural Style: Mix of conventional and modern architectural styles of India

Visit Timing: Daily, 7.00 am to 5.00 pm

How to Reach: Kanyakumari is connected by bus with major south Indian cities and by rail with several Indian cities while the nearest airport is at Trivandrum (67 Km). One can avail ferry service from Kanyakumari to reach Vivekananda Rock.




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The colossal and imposing ‘Vivekananda Rock Memorial’ is located offshore around 500 m east of mainland of Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, in the southernmost tip of India. It is seated on one of the two adjacent rocks projecting out of the Lakshadweep Sea and comprises of two important structures, the ‘Shripada Mandapam’ and the ‘Vivekananda Mandapam’. This awe-inspiring memorial was constructed in honour of the great spiritual leader and Hindu monk of India, Swami Vivekananda who is said to have attained enlightenment here after meditating for two days prior to his famous Chicago trip. This rock is also considered sacred as local legends say Goddess Devi Kumari blessed the rock while performing austerity. The memorial today stands as an architectural chef d'oeuvre illustrating various architectures styles of India and attracts thousands of visitors round the year. A boat cruise to the place, the only way of transport, makes the trip more enjoyable to visitors.

Establishment of ‘Vivekananda Rock Memorial

Swami Vivekananda visited Kanyakumari on December 24, 1892, prior to his Chicago trip to take part in the 1893 ‘World Religious Conference’. It is said that he meditated on the rock for two days and attained enlightenment. He was one of the eminent disciples of Ramakrishna, an Indian mystic and yogi of the 19th century, and later played an instrumental role in introducing Indian philosophies of Yoga and Vedanta to the Western countries. In January 1962, marking the birth centenary of Swamiji, the ‘Kanyakumari Committee’ was set up by a group of people who aimed at establishing a memorial of Swamiji on the rock as also a bridge for people to visit the rock. The ‘Ramakrishna Mission’ in Madras also conceived of such a memorial during that time. However the concept met with certain hurdles with the local Catholic fishermen displaying aversion and putting up a big Cross on the rock and on the other hand the Hindus were protesting such move of the Catholic populace. As matters became worse, the rock was marked as a prohibited place and armed guards were stationed to patrol it. On January 17, 1963 as permitted by the government, a tablet was put up at the rock that mentioned its association with Swami Vivekananda.

Swami Vivekananda Rock & Thiruvalluvar Statue, Kanyakumari

Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a monument and it is a popular tourist attraction in Vavathurai, Kanyakumari, India. According to legend, it was on this rock that Goddess Kumari performed austerity.
A meditation hall (Dhyana Mandapam) is also attached to the memorial for visitors to meditate. The design of the mandapa incorporates different styles of temple architecture from all over India. It houses a statue of Vivekananda. The merger of three seas - Bay of Bengal, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean can be seen from these rocks.
The memorial consists of two main structures, the Vivekananda Mandapam and the Shripada Mandapam. The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was opened on January 1, 2000 (Millennium) and is located atop a small island near Swami Vivekananda Rock.The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38 foot (11.5 m) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of virtue in the Thirukkural. The ferry service to Vivekananda Rock Memorial stops for a while at the Thiruvalluvar Statue.
This monument was hit by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 26 December 2004.

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Vivekananda Rock Memorial & Thiruvalluvar Statue, Kanyakumari

Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a sacred monument and popular tourist attraction in Kanyakumari, India. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland India's southernmost tip. A meditation hall (Dhyana Mandapam) is also attached to the memorial for visitors to meditate.
The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and Saint Thiruvalluvar. It is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari.

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Thiruvalluvar Statue, Kanyakumari

The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was opened on January 1, 2000 (Millennium) and is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari, where two seas and an ocean meet; the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean . The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38 foot (11.5 m) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of virtue in the Thirukkural. The statue standing on the pedestal represents wealth and pleasures, signifying that wealth and love be earned and enjoyed on the foundation of solid virtue.

The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (40.5 m), denoting the 133 chapters in the Thirukkural. It has a total weight of 7000 tons.

The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscent of a dancing pose of the ancient Indian deities like Nataraja. It was sculpted by the Indian sculptor Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati, who also created the Iraivan Temple.

This monument was hit by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004.

Kanyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin, is a town in Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. Kanyakumari lies at the southernmost tip of mainland India.
Kanyakumari takes its name from the Hindu goddess Kanyakumari (also called Kumari Amman). Her temple stands on the shores of the Laccadive Sea. In his work on ancient India, Ptolemy had identified Kanyakumari (Cape of Comorin) along with the Gulf of Mannar as a center for pearl fishery. He also identifies Korkai, a place to the east of Kanyakumari as an emporium of pearl trade.

Since the early 1970s, tourism has been an important activity in the town. Because of this it is one of the few small towns in South India where one can hear many of the different languages of India spoken in the street.


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Thiruvalluvar Statue and Vivekananda Memorial: Kanyakumari

The 133-foot tall statue of Thiruvalluvar erected at Kanyakumari at the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent, where the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean converge. The 133 feet denote Tirukkuṛaḷ's 133 Chapters or athikarams and the show of three fingers denote the three themes Aram, Porul, and Inbam, i.e. the sections on Morals, Wealth and Love. The statue was designed by V. Ganapati Sthapati, a temple architect from Tamil Nadu.

On two rocky islets just off the shore, southeast of the Kumari Amman temple, are the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, built in 1970 by Eknath Ranade, and the 133 feet (41 m) tall statue of Tamil saint--poet Thiruvalluvar, one of the biggest statues in Asia, completed in 2000 by sculptor V. Ganapati Sthapati. One of the rocks, called Sri Padhaparai, is said to bear the footprints of the virgin goddess. Swami Vivekananda is said to have meditated on this rock for three days. Also on this rock, there is a Dhyana mandapam, an area for meditation. Ferry services are available to reach the memorial.

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The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or the Valluvar Statue, is a 133-feet tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Tiruvalluvar, author of the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on secular ethics and morality. Wikipedia
Address: Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu
Height: 41 m
Location: Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari is a coastal town in the state of Tamil Nadu on India's southern tip. Jutting into the Laccadive Sea, the town was known as Cape Comorin during British rule and is popular for watching sunrise and sunset over the ocean. It's also a noted pilgrimage site thanks to its Bagavathi Amman Temple, dedicated to a consort of Shiva, and its Our Lady of Ransom Church, a center of Indian Catholicism.
Elevation: 30 m
Area: 25.89 km²
Weather: 26 °C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 86% Humidity
Population: 29,761 (2012)

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The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was opened on January 1, 2000 (Millennium) and is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari, where two seas and an ocean meet; the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean . The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38 foot (11.5 m) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of virtue in the Thirukkural. The statue standing on the pedestal represents wealth and pleasures, signifying that wealth and love be earned and enjoyed on the foundation of solid virtue.

The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (40.5 m), denoting the 133 chapters in the Thirukkural. It has a total weight of 7000 tons.

The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscent of a dancing pose of the ancient Indian deities like Nataraja. It was sculpted by the Indian sculptor Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati, who also created the Iraivan Temple.

This monument was hit by the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004.

In 1979, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai laid the foundation stone for the statue. However, the installation and the sculpting work began on September 6, 1990, on the tiny island adjacent to Vivekananda Rock Memorial when funds were allocated in the 1990-91 budget. Initially, the project stalled but then recommenced in 1997 and was completed on January 1, 2000. At the cost of more than US$1 million (INR 61.4 million), it employed about 150 workers, sculptors, assistants and supervisors. The slight bend around the waist made the design challenging. Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati solved the problem by creating a full-length wooden prototype before construction. Study of this prototype led to the identification of an energy line (known in Vastu science as kayamadhyasutra), currently an empty cavity in the center of the statue from top to bottom. Sthapati designed the statue to survive earthquakes of unexpected magnitude.

The stone work was divided amongst three workshops, in Kanyakumari, Ambasamudram and Shankarapuram. Ambasamudram contributed 5,000 tons of stones, while Shankarapuram was quarried for 2,000 tons of high quality granite stones for the outer portion of the statue. While the largest of the 3,681 stones weighed over 15 tons, the majority weighed three to eight tons. An interesting detail is the 19-foot-high face, with the ears, nose, eyes, mouth, forehead all made of individual stones carved by hand. Stumps of palmyra tree and poles of casuarina (ironwood) were used for scaffolding. It took 18,000 casuarina poles tied together with two truckloads of ropes to reach the top of the statue.


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kanyakumari- कन्या कुमारी तमिलनाडु प्रान्त के सुदूर दक्षिण तट पर बसा एक शहर है। यह हिन्द महासागर, बंगाल की खाड़ी तथा अरब सागर का संगम स्थल है, जहां भिन्न सागर अपने विभिन्न रंगो से मनोरम छटा बिखेरते हैं। भारत के सबसे दक्षिण छोर पर बसा कन्याकुमारी वर्षो से कला, संस्कृति, सभ्यता का प्रतीक रहा है। भारत के पर्यटक स्थल के रूप में भी इस स्थान का अपना ही महत्च है। दूर-दूर फैले समुद्र के विशाल लहरों के बीच यहां का सूर्योदय और सूर्यास्त का नजारा बेहद आकर्षक लगता हैं। समुद्र बीच पर फैले रंग बिरंगी रेत इसकी सुंदरता में चार चांद लगा देता है।
कन्याकुमारी दक्षिण भारत के महान शासकों चोल, चेर, पांड्य के अधीन रहा है। यहां के स्मारकों पर इन शासकों की छाप स्पष्ट दिखाई देती है। इस जगह का नाम कन्‍याकुमारी पड़ने के पीछे एक पौराणिक कथा प्रचलित है। कहा जाता है कि भगवान शिव ने असुर बानासुरन को वरदान दिया था कि कुंवारी कन्या के अलावा किसी के हाथों उसका वध नहीं होगा। प्राचीन काल में भारत पर शासन करने वाले राजा भरत को आठ पुत्री और एक पुत्र था। भरत ने अपना साम्राज्य को नौ बराबर हिस्सों में बांटकर अपनी संतानों को दे दिया। दक्षिण का हिस्सा उसकी पुत्री कुमारी को मिला। कुमारी को शक्ति देवी का अवतार माना जाता था। कुमारी ने दक्षिण भारत के इस हिस्से पर कुशलतापूर्वक शासन किया। उसकी ईच्‍छा थी कि वह शिव से विवाह करें। इसके लिए वह उनकी पूजा करती थी। शिव विवाह के लिए राजी भी हो गए थे और विवाह की तैयारियां होने लगीं थी। लेकिन नारद मुनि चाहते थे कि बानासुरन का कुमारी के हाथों वध हो जाए। इस कारण शिव और देवी कुमारी का विवाह नहीं हो पाया। इस बीच बानासुरन को जब कुमारी की सुंदरता के बारे में पता चला तो उसने कुमारी के समक्ष शादी का प्रस्ताव रखा। कुमारी ने कहा कि यदि वह उसे युद्ध में हरा देगा तो वह उससे विवाह कर लेगी। दोनों के बीच युद्ध हुआ और बानासुरन को मृत्यु की प्राप्ति हुई। कुमारी की याद में ही दक्षिण भारत के इस स्थान को कन्याकुमारी कहा जाता है। माना जाता है कि शिव और कुमारी के विवाह की तैयारी का सामान आगे चलकर रंग बिरंगी रेत में परिवर्तित हो गया।
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Vivekananda Rock Memorial is a sacred monument and popular tourist attraction in Kanyakumari, India. The memorial stands on one of two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland India's southernmost tip. A meditation hall (Dhyana Mandapam) is also attached to the memorial for visitors to meditate.
The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and Saint Thiruvalluvar. It is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari.

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THIRUVALLUVAR STATUE, KANYAKUMARI, TAMIL NADU

The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or the Valluvar Statue, is a 133-feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, author of the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on secular ethics and morality. 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 statue was sculpted by the Indian sculptor V. 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. Karunanidhi. It is currently the 25th tallest statue in India.

The combined height of the statue and pedestal is 133 feet (41 metres), denoting the 133 chapters of the Tirukkural. 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 statue itself represents the second and third books of the Kural text, namely, Wealth and Love. The whole design signifies that wealth and love be earned and enjoyed on the foundation of solid virtue.1 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.2 The head of the statue stands at a height of 200 feet above the sea level.3

The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscentcitation needed of a dancing pose of the Hindu deities like Nataraja. The statue weighs 7,000 tons (14 million pounds).

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. Visitors, however, will not be allowed to scale, but instead be permitted to climb up to the foot of the statue at a height of 38 feet.

The project was conceived by M. Karunanidhi in December 1975, following a representation from Eknath Ranade, former president of the Vivekananda Kendra. On 15 April 1979, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai laid the foundation stone for the statue, in the presence of the then Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran.2 However, the actual sculpting work, led by Dr. V. Ganapathy Sthapathy, former principal of the Government College of Architecture at Mahabalipuram,3 began a decade later on 6 September 1990, on the tiny island adjacent to the Vivekananda Rock Memorial when funds were allocated in the 1990-91 budget.2 Sthapathy was chosen for the project over 300 master builders because his suggestion for an all-stone monument to the poet-philosopher prevailed. He observed that stone would be more durable than metal, citing that the Statue of Liberty, which is made of copper, required extensive renovation just a century after its installation. Initially, the project stalled, perhaps owing to Karunanidhi's election loss, but then recommenced in 1997 when he returned to office.3 At the cost of more than INR 6.14 crores (614 lakhs) (US$1 million ), the project employed about 150 workers, sculptors, assistants and supervisors, who worked about 16 hours a day to complete the work.3 The bend around the waist depicting a dance pose made the design challenging. However, the problem was tackled well in advance by the sculptor by creating a full-length wooden prototype before construction. Study of this prototype led to the identification of an energy line (known in Vastu 5 as kayamadhyasutra), currently an empty cavity in the center of the statue from top to bottom.3

The stone work was divided amongst three workshops, in Kanyakumari, Ambasamudram and Sholinganallur. Ambasamudram contributed 5,000 tons of stones, while Sholinganallur was quarried for 2,000 tons of high-quality granite stones for the outer portion of the statue. While the largest of the 3,681 stones were 13-feet long and weighed over 15 tons, the majority weighed three to eight tons. Stones of such proportion were previously used only in Mayan temples in South America. An interesting detail is the 19-foot-high face, with the ears, nose, eyes, mouth, forehead all made of individual stones carved by hand. The work was done mostly by hand, with each carver wearing down 40 to 50 sharp chisels a day. The sculptors team considered that the manual method on granite stones is the most dependable since machines may tend break the stones and precision is difficult. Stumps of palmyra tree and poles of casuarina (ironwood) were used for scaffolding. It took 18,000 casuarina poles tied together with two truckloads of ropes to reach the top of the statue.3 The statue was placed on its pedestal on 19 October 1999.