Anna Memorial, officiallyÃÂ Perarignar Anna Memorial, is a memorial dedicated to the formerÃÂ chief minister of Tamil NaduÃÂ C. N. Annadurai (Anna), where a black marble platform was raised on the spot of Anna's cremation in February 1969. The memorial lies on a footpath that leads to the two-semicircle house-shaped platform around the memorial. The cemetery consists of an eternal flame at one end, with the sword pillar topped with a spherical-shaped doom light. Located on Kamarajar Promenade, on the northern end of MarinaÃÂ BeachÃÂ inÃÂ Chennai,ÃÂ Tamil Nadu, India, abutting the M.G.R. and Amma Memorial, the memorial of former chief ministers of Tamil Nadu M. G. RamachandranÃÂ andÃÂ J. Jayalalithaa. Later, on 8 August 2018, the Anna Memorial Complex was expanded to include a memorial for another former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi.
In 1996âÂÂ1998, during the reign of the DMK party, the memorial was remodelled at a cost of 27.5 million and the entrance arch carried the design of the 'Rising Sun', the symbol of the DMK party. However, the design was removed after the opponent AIADMK party returned to power in May 2001.
In 2012, the memorial was renovated at a cost of 12 million. In 2018, when his protégé M. Karunanidhi, died, he was buried behind his mentor. A new memorial for Karunanidhi is being planned at a cost of â¹390 million rupees.
The memorial also houses a museum on Annadurai, which is located at the northern side.