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.

Details of the Statue: -

Cheif Scultptor : Thiru V.Ganapathi sthapathi
Height of the statue - 95 feet
Height of the pedestial - 38 feet
Statue along with the pedestial - 133 feet
Height of the face - 10 feet
Height of the body part - 30 feet
Height of the thigh part - 30 feet
Height of the leg part - 20 feet
Fore arm - 10 feet
Length of the manuscript - 10 feet
Width of the shoulder - 30 feet
Length of the hairdo - 5 feet
Peripheral wall including the statue & mandap - 60 * 50 feet
10 Elephants, each as tall as 5' 6 inches
Weight of the pedestial, statue and the wall - 7000 tones
Sculptures and other worksmen - 500