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INSCRIPTIONS
COLLECTED DURING THE YEAR 1906
KONERINMAIKONDAN
No.
424
(A.
R. No.424 of 1906)
Tirunelveli
District, Tirunelveli Taluk, Manur.
Ambalavanasvami
Temple – On A Second Pillar Inside The Temple
Tribh.
Konerinmaikondan – 2 + 1st Year.
This
registers an order of the king making a gift about two veli of
land at Mananilainallur in Kalakkuki-nadu to the temple of
Kulasekhara-Vinnagar-Alvar at Karuvanallur alias
Vikrama Pandyanallur in the same nadu, at the request of
(minister) Kalingarayar, to meet the expenses of worship and offerings
connected with the service called the Manamperiyan-sandi
instituted in the latter’s name in the temple. Kalingarayar is
referred to as a native of Ponparri near Pullurkudi in Naduvirkuru a
division of Milalaik-kurram. The land is said to have been hitherto a vettiyan
jivitam but now converted into an iraiyili-devadana
with the karanmai (tenancy) right granted to the Sabha of
Mananilainallur, the kadamai and all other dues going to the
temple. The record seems to be assignable to king Maravarman Kulasedhara
I.
No.
431
(A.
R. No. 431 of 1906)
Tirunelveli
District, Srivaikuntham Taluk, Murappanadu.
Vedanarayana
Perumal Temple – On The North Wall Of The Central Shrine.
Tribh.
Konerinmaikondan – 11th +1st Year.
This
is an incomplete inscription which might be ascribed to Maravarman
Sundara-Pandya II. It states that at the request of minister Malavarayan,
the king granted the taxes due to him on ¾ veli and one ma and
half of land at Manikudi, a hamlet of Srivallabhamangalam in
Kilkalak-kurram, which was in the enjoyment of a certain Ali
Villavadaraiyan of Valugar, to the temple of Somideva-vinnagar-alvar at
Somideva-chaturvedimangalalm, a brahmadeya in Murappu-nadu for
the requirements of worship to the deity. The consolidated dues payable
on the land both for the kar and pasanam crops are given
as [2] kalam, 1 tuni and 1 padakku of paddy on
every ma of land (wet) and 2 diramam on every ma of
(dry) land growing sesamum, millet, etc.
No.
432
(A.
R. No. 432 of 1906)
Tirunelveli
District, Srivaikuntham, Murappanadu.
Vedanarayana
Perumal Temple – On The Same Wall.
Tribh.
Konerinmaikondan
The
inscription is mutilated. It seems to record an order of the king to the
Sabha of Somideva-chaturvedimangalam authorizing them to collect
every year from the temple of Tirunelveli-udaiyar, 140 kalam of
paddy evidently due to the royal treasury as taxes, to make up for the
deficiency in the amount required for the celebration of a ten-day
festival in the temple of Vedanayakar. Mention is made of a certain
Yadavasimha-bhattan of Prandur who had the right of worship in the
temple, and to whom this paddy was to be made over towards the expenses
of the festival. Reference is also made to a donor by name Aranganambi,
a Malayala brahmana but the nature of his gift is not clear.
Palandiparayan and Pallavarayan are two of the signatories at the end.
No.
433
(A.
R. No. 433 of 1906)
Tirunelveli
District, Srivaikuntham, Murappanadu.
Vedanarayana
Perumal Temple – On The South Wall Of The Central Shrine.
Tribh.
Konerinmaikondan.
This
inscription is also mutilated and incomplete. It states that a piece of
land at Murappu-nadu alias Somideva-chaturvedimangalam which had
been assigned as karanmai to Ali Villavadaraiyan of Valugur with
the kadamai thereon being paid to the (Siva) temple of
Yogisvaram-udaiyar at the place was transferred by Venadudaiyan without
the consent of the former, to the temple of Vedanayaka-vinnagar-alvar.
As compensation for the same, Venadudaiyar now purchased ¾ veli
and one ma of land at Manakkudi, the eastern hamlet of
Srivallabhamangalam, and made it over as karanmai to
Villavadaraiyar and the kadamai to the Alvar temple. This is
evidently the same land that is mentioned in No. 431 above.
No.
434
(A.
R. No. 434 of 1906)
Tirunelveli
District, Srivaikuntham, Murappanadu.
Vedanarayana
Perumal Temple – On The North – West And South Walls Of The Central
Shrine.
Tribh.
Konerinmaikondan --- 11th Year And 493rd Day.
This
records a royal order issued at the request of Malavaryan and addressed
to the authorities of the temple of Somideva-vinnagar-alvar newly
constructed on the banks of the Tanporundam (Tamraparni) river by
Araiyan puvan Venadudaiyar of Kilai-Kodumalur alias
Madurodaiyanallur, making over certain lands at the place as tax-free devadana,
after acquiring them from their pervious owners to meet the requirements
of offerings and worship in the temple. This seems to have some
connection with No. 433 above.
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