The Valluvar
Kottam, on the corner of Kodambakkam High Road and Village
Road, Chennai, is a standing memorial to immortal Tamil Poet-Saint
Thiruvalluvar. It is a massive auditorium, constructed on
reclaimed land from an unused lake filled with the city's
garbage and debris. It was opened in the year 1976 and the
auditorium is said to be the largest in Asia and can accommodate
about 4000 people
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All
1330 verses of the poet's epic - the Thirukkural, are
inscribed on the granite pillars that surround the auditorium
and it has got no pillars for support. There is a 101-feet
high temple chariot structure with a life-size image
of the poet in it. This chariot is a replica of the temple
car of Thiruvarur in Tamil Nadu. The base of the chariot
shows in bas-relief the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural.
Over 3,000 blocks of stone were used to create this memorial
to Tamil culture.
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