Sagarakanyaka information

Sagarakanyaka
Sagarakanyaka
Artist	Kanayi Kunhiraman
Year	1992
Dimensions	1,100 cm × 2,700 cm (35 ft × 87 ft)
Location	Shankumugham Beach, Thiruvananthapuram
	8.48112950°N 76.91237030°E
Owner	Government of Kerala

Sagarakanyaka is a sculpture of a mermaid situated at the Shankumugham Beach, Kerala.^[1] Sculpted by Kanayi Kunhiraman, it is adjudged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest merperson sculpture in the world.^[2] It has a length of 87 ft and a height of 25 ft.^[3] Kunhiraman took two years to complete the sculpture which was finally completed in 1992.^[4]^[5]

^ "ലോക വേദിയില്‍ കേരളത്തിന്‍റെ അഭിമാനമായി കാനായിയുടെ സാഗരകന്യക; ഗിന്നസ് റെക്കോര്‍ഡിന്‍റെ പകിട്ട്". www.asianetnews.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ "Kanayi's Sagarakanyaka sets Guinness record". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ "guinness world record for kanayi kunhiraman". www.twentyfournews.com. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ Correspondent, Special (2021-01-11). "A mermaid, a chopper & a turf war". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
^ T.R, Dr Muralikrishnan; Mani, Dr Amitha P. (2022-04-17). Cultural Congruence: Contemporaneity and Confluence. Co-Text Publishers. ISBN 978-81-952253-7-8.

[1] "ലോക വേദിയില്‍ കേരളത്തിന്‍റെ അഭിമാനമായി കാനായിയുടെ സാഗരകന്യക; ഗിന്നസ് റെക്കോര്‍ഡിന്‍റെ പകിട്ട്". www.asianetnews.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

[2] "Kanayi's Sagarakanyaka sets Guinness record". www.onmanorama.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

[3] "guinness world record for kanayi kunhiraman". www.twentyfournews.com. 30 October 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

[4] Correspondent, Special (2021-01-11). "A mermaid, a chopper & a turf war". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

[5] T.R, Dr Muralikrishnan; Mani, Dr Amitha P. (2022-04-17). Cultural Congruence: Contemporaneity and Confluence. Co-Text Publishers. ISBN 978-81-952253-7-8.