The Tamil Nadu government has a proposal to construct a monument that may feature a giant pen above sea in the Bay of Bengal off the Marina beach in Chennai,to honour the contributions of late DMK leader and former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi to Tamil literature.
According to the proposal, the pen pedestal above the sea would be over 42 metre tall, maybe a few feet taller than the statue of Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar in Kanniyakumari. The monument, with landscaped gardens, would be situated some 360 metres from the shore and visitors from the existing (under construction) memorial of former Chief Minister Karunanidhi would have to use a bridge to reach the monument.
