The sculptures have been fashioned based on the line drawings rendered by artist Veera Santhanam and have been carved out by Mamallapuram Sthapathi Murugan and his team.
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
A monument to remember the Eelam war
A sprawling memorial built to remember the people who died for the cause of Tamil language and Tamil nation is slated for inauguration on November 8 in Thanjavur. The three-day meet to mark the inauguration is expected to see a large gathering of people and a galaxy of speakers including MDMK chief Vaiko, senior CPI leaders Nallakkannu and D Pandian, BJP state chief Pon Radhakrishnan as well as civil society activists including S P Udayakumar from Koodankulam.
'Mullivaikal Memorial', spread out on a 1.75-acre plot at Vilar, a village on the Thanjavur-Trichy national highway, is being built by Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran and the World Tamil Confederation Trust he heads. "This is a memorial that will showcase to the world the ignominy and untold sufferings of Tamil people in the tear-drop nation. It will remind every Tamil that the fire should burn in the heart of all Tamil people until the criminals of Eelam war are punished," says Nedumaran.
At the centre of the memorial complex is a large figure of Tamil Pavai (Tamil Woman) holding a lamp, paying homage to the people who laid down their lives at Mullivaikkal. (Thousands of Tamils are believed to have died in Mullivaikkal in the northern Tamil area of Sri Lanka in May 2009 when the Lankan armed forces attacked the area.) The statue carved out of a single stone weighs more than 60 tonne and is mounted on a 15-feet pedestal. The Pavai is representative of the best of Tamil womanhood, culture and ethos.
Two friezes, each 55-feet long and 10-feet tall, stand on either side of the Pavai. One of them showcases the 20 young men who had self-immolated in Tamil Nadu in support of Tamil Eelam. The other frieze is a representative image of the mass of people who died in the fourth Eelam war (2009). Hundreds of sculptors from across the state carved stone to raise the memorial without taking a fee, says Nedumaran.
Behind the Pavai is a building that houses portrait and photo galleries. Portraits of the people who lost their lives in the Eelam wars are on display here, among them LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's parents, Parvathiammal Velupillai and his two sons, Charles Anthony and Balachandran, LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingam, Suba Tamilchelvan, Dileepan and Annai Bhoopathi.
In the photo gallery at the conference hall, hundreds of photographs of those who dedicated their lives for the cause of Tamil language are on display. Tamil language scholars, including non-Tamils, as well as artistes including MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, N S Krishnan, M R Radha, P U Chinnappa and others have been put up in honour of their service to the development of the language.
There is no portrait or photograph of Prabhakaran in the memorial. A statue of Balachandran, Prabhakaran's young son who was killed in custody by Sri Lankan army, is likely to be unveiled on November 8.
Funds to build the memorial were raised from various sources, says Nedumaran. However, he refused to give details of the cost of construction or the amount collected for the purpose. Work started on November 15, 2010, and workers are now racing to complete the construction before the delegates arrive for the conference on Friday. The land where the memorial is coming up was donated by M Natarajan, husband of Sasikala.
Thanks to timesofindia
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/A-monument-to-remember-the-Eelam-war/articleshow/25278373.cms
'Mullivaikal Memorial', spread out on a 1.75-acre plot at Vilar, a village on the Thanjavur-Trichy national highway, is being built by Tamil nationalist leader Pazha Nedumaran and the World Tamil Confederation Trust he heads. "This is a memorial that will showcase to the world the ignominy and untold sufferings of Tamil people in the tear-drop nation. It will remind every Tamil that the fire should burn in the heart of all Tamil people until the criminals of Eelam war are punished," says Nedumaran.
At the centre of the memorial complex is a large figure of Tamil Pavai (Tamil Woman) holding a lamp, paying homage to the people who laid down their lives at Mullivaikkal. (Thousands of Tamils are believed to have died in Mullivaikkal in the northern Tamil area of Sri Lanka in May 2009 when the Lankan armed forces attacked the area.) The statue carved out of a single stone weighs more than 60 tonne and is mounted on a 15-feet pedestal. The Pavai is representative of the best of Tamil womanhood, culture and ethos.
Two friezes, each 55-feet long and 10-feet tall, stand on either side of the Pavai. One of them showcases the 20 young men who had self-immolated in Tamil Nadu in support of Tamil Eelam. The other frieze is a representative image of the mass of people who died in the fourth Eelam war (2009). Hundreds of sculptors from across the state carved stone to raise the memorial without taking a fee, says Nedumaran.
Behind the Pavai is a building that houses portrait and photo galleries. Portraits of the people who lost their lives in the Eelam wars are on display here, among them LTTE chief V Prabhakaran's parents, Parvathiammal Velupillai and his two sons, Charles Anthony and Balachandran, LTTE ideologue Anton Balasingam, Suba Tamilchelvan, Dileepan and Annai Bhoopathi.
In the photo gallery at the conference hall, hundreds of photographs of those who dedicated their lives for the cause of Tamil language are on display. Tamil language scholars, including non-Tamils, as well as artistes including MGR, Sivaji Ganesan, N S Krishnan, M R Radha, P U Chinnappa and others have been put up in honour of their service to the development of the language.
There is no portrait or photograph of Prabhakaran in the memorial. A statue of Balachandran, Prabhakaran's young son who was killed in custody by Sri Lankan army, is likely to be unveiled on November 8.
Funds to build the memorial were raised from various sources, says Nedumaran. However, he refused to give details of the cost of construction or the amount collected for the purpose. Work started on November 15, 2010, and workers are now racing to complete the construction before the delegates arrive for the conference on Friday. The land where the memorial is coming up was donated by M Natarajan, husband of Sasikala.
Thanks to timesofindia
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/A-monument-to-remember-the-Eelam-war/articleshow/25278373.cms
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