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KANYAKUMARI
KANYAKUMARI
Kanyakumari District
Surrounded by Majestic Hills and the plains bordered by colourful sea-shores, fringed with coconut trees and paddy fields, here and there are few elevated patches of red cliffs with undulating valleys and plains between the mountainous terrain and the sea - coast, so closely interwoven with Temples and Churches and other edifices lies the district, 'Kanyakumari'. ( The district name is spelled as ' Kanniyakumari ' in official records which is in tune with the spoken name of the district in Tamil language) . With an area of 1672 sq.km. it occupies 1.29% of the total extent of Tamil Nadu. It ranks first in literacy among other districts in Tamil Nadu.
Location
Kanyakumari is the southern most district of Tamil Nadu. The district lies between 77o 15' and 77o 36' of the eastern longitudes and 8o 03' and 8o 35' of the northern Latitudes.
The District is bound by Tirunelveli District on the North and the east. The South Eastern boundary is the Gulf of Mannar. On the South and the South West, the boundaries are the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. On the West and North West it is bound by Kerala
Places of Tourist Interest
Fountain at Kanniyakumari
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
Thiruvalluvar Statue
amarajar Manimandapam
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
View Tower and Telescope HouseGovernment Museum
Guganathaswamy TempleKumari - Hall of history
Suchindrum SKanyakumari Bagavathiamman TemplePadmanabhapuram
Thiruvalluvar Statue
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. Visting Hours -8 AM To 4 PM .
SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE STATUE OF THIRUVALLUVAR
Chief Sculptor - Dr. V. Ganapathy Sthapathi Height of the statue of Thiruvalluvar - 95 feet Total pieces of stones utilised for the statue - 1283 Weight of the statue - 2000 tons Height of the Athaara Peedam - 38 feet Total pieces of stone utilized - 672 Weight of the stones in the Peedam - 1500 tons Total height of the monument - 133 feet Height of the Alankara-Mandapam - 38 feet Total pieces of stones utilized for the Mandapam - 1726 Weight of the stones in the Mandapam - 3500 tons Total weight of the whole structure - 7000 tons
Kamarajar Manimandapam
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
View Tower and Telescope HouseGovernment Museum
Guganathaswamy TempleKumari - Hall of history
Suchindrum SKanyakumari Bagavathiamman TemplePadmanabhapuram Palace
Surrounded by Majestic Hills and the plains bordered by colourful sea-shores, fringed with coconut trees and paddy fields, here and there are few elevated patches of red cliffs with undulating valleys and plains between the mountainous terrain and the sea - coast, so closely interwoven with Temples and Churches and other edifices lies the district, 'Kanyakumari'. ( The district name is spelled as ' Kanniyakumari ' in official records which is in tune with the spoken name of the district in Tamil language) . With an area of 1672 sq.km. it occupies 1.29% of the total extent of Tamil Nadu. It ranks first in literacy among other districts in Tamil Nadu.
Location
Kanyakumari is the southern most district of Tamil Nadu. The district lies between 77o 15' and 77o 36' of the eastern longitudes and 8o 03' and 8o 35' of the northern Latitudes.
The District is bound by Tirunelveli District on the North and the east. The South Eastern boundary is the Gulf of Mannar. On the South and the South West, the boundaries are the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Sea. On the West and North West it is bound by Kerala
Places of Tourist Interest
Fountain at Kanniyakumari
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial
Thiruvalluvar Statue
amarajar Manimandapam
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
View Tower and Telescope HouseGovernment Museum
Guganathaswamy TempleKumari - Hall of history
Suchindrum SKanyakumari Bagavathiamman TemplePadmanabhapuram
Thiruvalluvar Statue
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. Visting Hours -8 AM To 4 PM .
SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE STATUE OF THIRUVALLUVAR
Chief Sculptor - Dr. V. Ganapathy Sthapathi Height of the statue of Thiruvalluvar - 95 feet Total pieces of stones utilised for the statue - 1283 Weight of the statue - 2000 tons Height of the Athaara Peedam - 38 feet Total pieces of stone utilized - 672 Weight of the stones in the Peedam - 1500 tons Total height of the monument - 133 feet Height of the Alankara-Mandapam - 38 feet Total pieces of stones utilized for the Mandapam - 1726 Weight of the stones in the Mandapam - 3500 tons Total weight of the whole structure - 7000 tons
Kamarajar Manimandapam
Vivekananda Rock Memorial
View Tower and Telescope HouseGovernment Museum
Guganathaswamy TempleKumari - Hall of history
Suchindrum SKanyakumari Bagavathiamman TemplePadmanabhapuram Palace
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