Thiruvalluvar

Thiruvalluvar was a Tamil poet and philosopher who wrote the  classic of couplets  of Tamil, Thirukkural.

 Memorials 
 A temple-like memorial to Thiruvalluvar, Valluvar Kottam, was built in Chennai in 1976.
 There is a 133-foot tall statue of Thiruvalluvar erected at the southern tip of the Indian subcontinent Kanyakumari where the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean converge, the 133 feet denote Tirukkuṛaḷ's 133 Chapters or athikarams and the show of three fingers denote the three themes Aram, Porul, and Inbam, i.e. the sections on Morals, Wealth and Love.
 There is also a statue of Thiruvalluvar outside the School of Oriental and African Studies in Russell Square, London.

 References 

 Other websites 
 Thirukkural Oli Pathipu: Thirukkural Audio book
 Dialogue and History Constructing South India,1795–1895, Eugene F.Irschick,UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
   Page 70
 Thirukural – Another site which is categorized by chapters 

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