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DescriptionThiruvalluvar Statue at Kanyakumari 02.jpg
English: The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet (40.6 m) tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural.The statue has a height of 95 feet (29 m) and stands upon a 38 foot (11.5 m) pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of "virtue" in the Thirukkural.The statue stands 400 meters from the coastline of Kanyakumari on a small island rock.
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இந்தியாவின், தமிழ்நாட்டில் கன்னியாகுமரி மாவட்டத்தில், கடல் பாறையில், 133 அடி உயரத்தில் அமைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள , 'உலகப் பொதுமறை' இயற்றிய 'திருவள்ளுவர்' சிலை.
133 feet high majestic statue, of the sage 'Thiruvalluvar' (who formulated 'Thirukkural', a version of Poetry, for the welfare of the World community), on the rocks of sea near Vivekananda Memorial rock, in Kanyakumari, in Tamil Nadu state, in India.