Valluvar Kottam memorial in Tamil Nadu

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This memorial honours the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar and his classic work, the Thirukural . A weaver by trade, Thiruvalluvar lived around the 1st century BC in what is present-day Chennai and wrote this famed poem, providing a moral code for millions of followers. The three-level memorial replicates ancient Tamil architecture and boasts an immense 35m chariot, as well as an enormous auditorium and inscriptions of the Thirukural ’s 1330 couplets. Valluvar Kottam is one of the most popular monuments of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It is situated at the meeting point of the Kodambakkam High road and the Village road. The magnificent monument dates back to the year 1976 and was constructed in the memory of Thiruvalluvar, the classical Tamil poet-saint. He was also the author of Thirukkural, written approximately 20000 years ago. The site where the structure of Valluvar Kottam is situated once housed an unused lake. One of the modern landmarks of Chennai, the edifice has been built in the form of a temple chariot and is made of around 3000 blocks of stone. It is believed to be a replica of the temple chariot in Thiruvarur. The bas-relief in the front hall corridors stands adorned with all the 133 chapters of the Thirukkural, which comprise of 1330 verses. Source: www.lonelyplanet.com/ and http://www.iloveindia.com/ This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, XDCAM and 4K. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience! Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and admin@wildfilmsindia.com To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilmsIndia Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com