Back Tiruvalluvar-Statue (Kanyakumari) German Statue de Thiruvalluvar French तिरुवल्लुवर प्रतिमा Hindi Tiruvalluvar óriásszobra Hungarian തിരുവള്ളുവർ പ്രതിമ Malayalam तिरुवल्लुवर पुतळा Marathi Pomnik Thiruvalluvara Polish திருவள்ளுவர் சிலை Tamil తిరువళ్ళువర్ విగ్రహం Tegulu
 Thiruvalluvar Statue in Kanyakumari | |
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| Location | Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India |
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| Coordinates | 8°04′40″N 77°33′14″E / 8.0777°N 77.5539°E |
| Designer | V. Ganapati Sthapati |
| Type | Monument (statue) |
| Material | Stone and concrete |
| Height | 40.6 m (133 ft) |
| Beginning date | 7 September 1990 |
| Completion date | 1999 |
| Opening date | 1 January 2000 |
| Dedicated to | Valluvar, author of the Kural text |
The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or Valluvar Statue, is a 41-metre-tall (135 ft) stone sculpture of Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, known as Thiruvalluvar, the author of the Thirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on morality. It is atop a small island near the town of Kanniyakumari on the southernmost point of the Indian peninsula in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean meet. The statue was sculpted by Indian sculptor V. Ganapati Sthapati, who also created the Iraivan Temple, and was unveiled on the millennium day of 1 January 2000 by then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. It is currently the 25th tallest statue in India. During its silver jubilee celebrations on January 1, 2025, the Government of Tamil Nadu declared the statue as the “Statue of Wisdom”.[1][2]
- ^ TNN (30 December 2024). "Thiruvalluvar statue will be called Statue of Wisdom: Stalin". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
- ^ The Hindu Bureau (1 January 2025) [Originally published 31 December 2024]. "Silver jubilee celebrations of Thiruvalluvar Statue conclude in Kanniyakumari". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2025.