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25th anniversary of Thiruvalluvar statue
December 31 , 2024
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- The silver jubilee celebrations of the Thiruvalluvar statue at Kanyakumari Triveni Sangamam are being held on the 31st December and 1st of January.
- CM declared this statue in Kanyakumari will be known as ‘Statue of Wisdom'.
- It was dedicated to the people on January 1, 2000 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidhi.
- The total height of the statue and the pedestal combined is 133 feet (41 metres).
- It denotes the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural.
- The sculpture of Thiruvalluvar is 95 feet (29 metres) and it stands on a 38 feet (12 metres) pedestal.
- The pedestal represents the 38 chapters of virtue, the first of three books of the Kural text.
- The second and third books – wealth and love respectively – are represented by the statue itself.
- TN Chief Minister also inaugurated the Glass bridge connecting Vivekananda Rock and Thiruvalluvar statue during the event.
- It is India’s first glass bridge on sea.
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