Mountroad Munro Statue !

 

Ever seen him this closer !!  ??  !!

 

எங்க ஊரு மெட்ராஸ்ஸு !

அதுக்கு இந்த குதிரை சிலையும் அட்ரஸ்ஸு

 

The equestrian statue of Thomas Munro , 1st Baronet, Major-General in the British Army and Governor of Madras from 1820 to 1827,  is a major landmark in Chennai city on the arterial Mount Road.   The bronze statue was  sculpted by Francis Chantrey in the United Kingdom in 1834 and shipped to Madras in 1839