Valluvar Kottam

 I thought the Valluvar Kottam stone cart that I mentioned in the previous post, deserved a few more pictures. 

Thiruvalluvar mentioned in the plaque above wrote the Tamil Vedas which is an important ancient text in Southern India.  It is written in rhyme.  Here's a brief excerpt from Wikipedia:

It was authored by Thiruvalluvar, a poet who is said to have lived anytime between the 2nd and 6th centuries AD.  The Thirukkural expounds on various aspects of life and is one of the most important works in the Tamil language.

Thirukkural (or the Kural) is a collection of 1330 Tamil couplets organised into 133 chapters. Each chapter has a specific subject ranging from "ploughing a piece of land" to "ruling a country".

Here's Char in front of the oncoming elephants pulling the cart for a sense of proportion.