Thiruvalluvar Statue

The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or Valluvar Statue, is a 40.6-metre-tall stone sculpture of Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, known as Thiruvalluvar, the author of the Thirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on morality.
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  • Type: Work of art
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: stone sculpture of the Tamil philosopher-poet Valluvar; in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vivekananda Rock Memorial and Kanniyakumari Terminus railway station.

Island
Photo: Sanchit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a monument and popular tourist attraction in , 's southernmost tip. The memorial stands on one of the two rocks located about 500 meters off mainland of Vavathurai, .

Railway station
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Kanniyakumari railway station, is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminus of the Indian Railways serving the coastal town of in the state of . is situated 1½ km northwest of Thiruvalluvar Statue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanyakumari and Chinnamuttom.

Photo: Hemanth kumar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Kanniyakumari is a town on the southernmost tip of the mainland of , in the state of . It is also known as Cape Comorin.

Suburb
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is a special-grade village in Kanyakumari District in the state of in . is at the southernmost point of the .

Village
is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari district in the state of . is situated 4½ km northwest of Thiruvalluvar Statue.

Thiruvalluvar Statue

Latitude
8.07775° or 8° 4′ 40″ north
Longitude
77.554° or 77° 33′ 14″ east
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Inception
January 1st, 2000
Height
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
6JWV3HH3+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1053621067
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­artwork
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Wiki­data ID
Q1146547
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Telugu—“Thiruvalluvar Statue” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “提魯瓦魯瓦像”
  • French: “statue de Thiruvalluvar”
  • French: “Statue de Thiruvalluvar”
  • German: “Tiruvalluvar-Statue”
  • Hindi: “तिरुवल्लुवर प्रतिमा”
  • Hungarian: “Tiruvalluvar óriásszobra”
  • Italian: “Statua di Thiruvalluvar”
  • Malay: “Tugu Thiruvalluvar”
  • Malayalam: “തിരുവള്ളുവർ പ്രതിമ”
  • Marathi: “तिरुवल्लुवर पुतळा”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Thiruvalluvara”
  • Tamil: “அய்யன் திருவள்ளுவர் சிலை”
  • Tamil: “திருவள்ளுவர் சிலை”
  • Telugu: “తిరువళ్ళువర్ విగ్రహం”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include தமிழ்நாடு சுற்றுலா மேம்பாட்டு துறை (கடல் சார்) and Jhinki Devi Stupa Shila.

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