Marina the city's
primary area for recreation, the entire stretch features numerous statues and
monuments that have come up over the years along the beach promenade, called
Kamarajar Salai. Most statues are of national or local legends while others
have symbolic significance like the Triumph of Labour statue. One among a
Uniques statue was Veeramamunivar who real name is Constanzo Beschi.
He came to India
as a Christian Missionary. He was working as a 'Jesuit priest' in a small place
called "Elakkurichi" near Ariyalur in Tamilnadu. He worked in another
village called 'Kamanayakkanpatti'. He consturcted many churches called "Adaikala Madha Church" in Elakkurichi, and
"Poondi Madha Church" in Poondi near Tiruchirappalli and the third
church,"Periyanayagi Madha Church" in Konankuppam.
Fr.Beschi learned
Tamil in detail and he became an expert in Tamil Grammar and Literature. Being
a foreigner, he could write Tamil Grammar Books for both literary/prose and
poetic Tamil because his deep involvement in Tamil.
Beschi
translated "Thirukkural" from Tamil into Latin. This spread the
culture of Tamils to Latin countries. Salute
him for his tamil services. By thanking him the Tamil nadu Government decide to
erect a statue in Marina beach.
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