Sthapati S.K. Achari hails from teh plac called Devokottai in Ramnad district of Tamil Nadu. He is a disciple of the reputed Shapati, the Late M. Vaidyanath Achari of Mahabalipuram.

Shri S.K. Achari had worked as an Assistant Sthapati in the construction work of Gandhi Mandapam, Adyar. Among many other works to his credit, Shri Raman maharshi's Samadhi Mandapam, Ramanashramam, Thiruvannamalai and Grur Dakshinamoorthi Swamigal Temple, Tiruvarur, are the most well-known.

The entire masonry work of the memorial-structure which, ultimately, rose up to over 65 feet in height (the topmost of the Central shikharam) from teh bease of teh memorial-edifice, was executed by resorting to only traditional methods and without using a crane or any other type of sophisticated machinery.

For further dressing-operations, the pillars were brought from teh quarry, one after another, to our project-workspot at Kanyakumari, by means of a special type of heavy-duty truck. similarly, a special licence had to be obtained from teh Highways Authorities to transport these loads to Kanyakumari and a number of weak culverts on the way to Kanyakumari had to be strengthened, as directed by them, before the loads were actually transported.

Though the bulk of the granite required for the construction of the memorial was procured from a quarry near Ambasamudram, about 72 miles away from Kanyakumari, huge pieces necessary for shaping big monolithic pillars to support the central Shikharam over the Pratima Mandapam, were procured from a quarry near Pothayadi, a place about 7 miles away from Kanyakumari.