Tourist places in kk district:1) Thiruvalluvar statue

THIRUVALLUVAR  STATUE

                    

                         Thiruvalluvar is the godlike artist of Tamil Nadu and has given to the world Thirukkural. The commemoration statue of Thiruvalluvar is in Kanyakumari. The platform of the statue is of 38 feet stature and the statue over it is 95 feet tall with a stupendous aggregate of 133 feet for the whole figure. The 3 level platform known as Atharapeedam is encompassed by a creative Mandapa known as Alankara Mandapam with 38 feet stature. Encompassing the Alankara Mandapa stand 10 elephant statues meaning 8 headings with earth and space down. The father of Sri. Rama, the legend of Ramayana was called Dasaratha as he could charioteer in ten bearings.To help the vacationers to venerate the heavenly feet of Thiruvalluvar 140 stages are built inside the Mandapa. The platform with a tallness of 38 feet speaks to the 38 sections in the Book of Aram in Thirukural and the statue of 95 feet on the platform speaks to the aggregate parts in Porul (70 sections) and Inbam (25 Chapters). In this manner the statue typically, and imaginatively connotes that the subject of Porul and Inbam depend on Aram.   

STATISTICAL DETAILS OF THE STATUE        

                     

Height of the statue	95 ft
Height of the pedestal	38 ft
Height of the face	10 ft
Height of the body parts	30 ft
Height of the legs	20 ft
Length of the forearm	10 ft
Length of the palm leaves	10 ft
Width of the shoulders	30 ft
Length of the matted hair	05 ft
Total weight	7000 tons

ARCHITECTURE DETAILS ABOUT  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
Number of steps upward	-	70
Number of steps downward	-	70

Route Map

By rail:             

       Some of the trains plying to and from Kanyakumari are: 

• Chennai Egmore Express
• Tiruchirappalli - Howrah Express
• Himsagar Express

By air:

        Kanyakumari does not have an airport of its own. The nearest airport serving the town is Thiruvananthapuram Airport, which is 80 km away from the place. Taxi services are available from this international airport to take you to Kanyakumari.

Entrance fee    : free

Visiting Hours  : 8 AM To 4 PM .