The
statue of Ayyan Thiruvalluvar is erected in a minor rock in midsea off
the shore, in Kanyakumari , the southern tip of Tamilnadu.The statue sponsored
by the Government of Tamilnadu,India,is fully made up of granite stone and is
the tallest stone structure in the world.The statue worth about 10 crores ,was
unveiled on 1st January 2000,by the
Honourable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. Kaligner M Karunanidhi.
The
entire project starts from quarrying of stones , carving of statue parts and
carrying them to the rock in the mid sea by pontoos and hoisting the finished
pieces to a height of 133 feet and bonding them into the form conceived.The
details of the sculpture is given below: |
