Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar Statue gets Place at Haridwar’s Mela Bhawan

Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar Statue gets Place at Haridwar’s Mela Bhawan The 12-foot-tall stone statue of renowned Tamil poet and philosopher-saint Thiruvalluvar was inaugurated at Mela Bhawan premises in Haridwar, Uttarakhand by Chief minister Harish Rawat on December 19, 2016.Thiruvalluvar Statue. . Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Uttarakhand Tarun Vijay

had initiated the process of introducing Thiruvalluvar in Uttarakhand which was initially decided to be installated on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar in June 2016.

However, the priests and saints raised objections to place Thiruvalluvar’s statue on either bank of the Ganga at Har ki Pauri, or near the statue of the Adi Sankara in Haridwar’s Shankaracharya Chowk which led to the delay in the installation process by 6 months.

About Thiruvalluvar  

Thiruvalluvar is a renowned Tamil poet and philosopher, is believed to be born either in Thiru Mylai (Mylapore) Chennai in Tamil Nadu or in ThirunainarKuruchi, a village in Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu sometime between the 4th century BC and the 1st century BC.

 This estimate is based on linguistic analysis of his writings, as there is no historical evidence for when and where he lived.

He is known for his contribution of the book Tirukkural (also known as the Kural), a work on ethics. The book is also called as the fifth Veda or ‘Bible of the Tamil Land’.

Thiruvalluvar 133 foot tall statute is installed at Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu), at southern tip of Indian Peninsula. There is also his statue outside the School of Oriental and African studies in Russell Square, London (United Kingdom).