Sarvajna and Tiruvalluvar statue installation

Sarvajna and Tiruvalluvar are popular Kannada and Tamil poets, respectively. Statues of Sarvajna in Tamil Nadu and Tiruvalluvar in Karnataka has been unveiled in August 2009 as a symbolic effort to bolster ties between the two Indian states, whose relationship has been strained by issues related to sharing of Kaveri water and Hogenakkal water supply power project.

Sarvajna

Sarvajña was a sixteenth-century poet in the Kannada language. He is famous for his pithy three-lined poems which are called tripadis, "with three padas, three-liners", a form of Vachanas. He is also referred to as Sarvagna in modern translation. In all, about 2000 three-liners are attributed to Sarvajna. Popular because of their alliterative structure and simplicity, they deal mainly with social, ethical and religious issues. A number of riddles are also attributed to Sarvajna.

Tiruvalluvar

Tiruvalluvar was a 1st-century BCE or 1st-century CE Tamil poet-philosopher who wrote the Tirukkural, a work on ethics in Tamil literature. Tirukkural is divided into three sections known as books. Book One deals with aram or fundamental ethics of life, with conscience and honor; Book Two discusses porul or political or social realities or facts of life; and Book Three dwells on inbam or the human love. The first book has 38 chapters, the second has 70 chapters and the third has 25 chapters. Each chapters consists of 10 couplets or kurals, thus making 1330 couplets in total. Tirukkural is one of the literary works in the world translated the most number of times. According to Institute of Asian Studies, Thiruvanmiyur, more than 80 translations are available.

Tiruvalluvar statue

Tiruvalluvar statue has been unveiled in Ulsoor, Bengaluru by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on 9 August 2009 in the presence of the then Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa.[1]

Sarvajna statue

Sarvajna statue has been unveiled in Ayanavaram park, Chennai, by the then Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa in a ceremony that was presided over by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M. Karunanidhi.[2] The statue is maintained by the Life Insurance Corporation of India.

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References
  1. "Karunanidhi unveils Thiruvalluvar statue in Bangalore". The Hindu. 9 August 2009.
  2. "Yediyurappa unveils Sarvajna statue in Chennai". Deccan Herald. 14 August 2009.
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