- Valluvar Kottam
Valluvar Kottam, located at the intersection of the
Kodambakkam High road and the Village road, is one of the modernlandmark s of modernChennai ,Tamilnadu state,South India .The monument was constructed in
1976 in the memory ofThiruvalluvar , the classical Tamil poet and saint who wrote his famous Thirukkurals about 2,000 years before. All the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural which include 1330 verses are inscribed on bas-relief in the front hall corridors.The construction of "Valluvar Kottam" is like a temple chariot, and it is a replica of the temple chariot in
Thiruvarur . A life-size statue of the saint Thiruvalluvar stands atop the 39 meter high chariot. The auditorium of Valluvar Kottam can accommodate around 4,000 people.The architect of the memorial is South Indian traditional architect
Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapati .It consists of many temples.
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