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82 Pillar in a maṇḍapa on the steps of the Chandra-pushkariṇī (tank) in the same prākāra. Chōḷa Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa 33rd year Do. Records gift of a lamp weighing 100 palam by a certain Śāttandai Aiyyāran Śaṅkaranārāyaṇaṇ.
83 West wall of the Mēṭṭalagiyaśiṅgar shrine in the same temple. . . . . . . Śaka 1611, Vibhava, Mīna, śu. 6, Saturday, Rōhiṇī. Do. Records gift of land by purchase, by Raṅgaśāyi, son of Chauṇḍarāja of Tōṭṭappalli, for offerings to the god while halting  in the maṇḍapa on the festival  day  called Bhūpati-Uḍaiyar-tirunāḷ.
84 Slab kept inside the same shrine . . . . . . . . Do. Gives the names of two figures carved on the slab, as Kṛishṇappa-Nāyakkar and Vīrappa-Nāyakkar, in characters of the 16th century A.D.
85 Another slab in the same place . . . . . . . . Do. In characters of the 16th century A.D. Gives the name Vayyappa-Nāyakkar Kṛishṇappa-Nāyakkar Koṇḍama-Nāyakkar round a figure carved on the slab, the outline of which bears marks of erasure in chisel.
86 Slab built into the pavement of the maṇḍapa in front of the Tāyār shrine in the same temple. Pāṇḍya Perumāḷ Vīra-Kulaśēkharadēva 5th year (in words) Do. Fragment. Seems to record a gift of land at Appikkūḍal for offerings to god Eḍuttakai-alagiya-Nāyanār.
87 Below an image in the inner jamb of the Veḷḷai-gōpura in the fifth prākāra of the same temple. . . . . . . Saumya, Tai 22, Friday. Do. and Telugu Characters belong to the 15th century A. D. States that Periyāḷvār, the agent of Irandakālameḍutta Alagiyamaṇavāḷadāsan, fell down from the gōpura and lost his life as a protest against lapses of worship in the temple, and when worship was restored certain temple honours were shown to (the effigy of) this person.
88 Inner wall of the same gōpura . . . . . . . . Sanskrit in Grantha Characters belong to the 15th century A.D. A fragmentary verse in praise of Rāmānuja-muni.
89 Same wall Chōḷa [Tribhuvanachakravartin] Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa, ‘ who took Īlam, Madura, Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya’. . . Tamil States that the worship of the god, who was the tutelary deity of the king, and the repairs to the prākāra wall called Magadēśan, alias Aḍaiyavaḷaindān-tirumāḷigai were left in charge of Tāyilumnallān alias Kulōttuṅgaśōla-Vāṇakōvaraiyar.
90 East wall of the same gōpura, left of entrance. . . . . . . Śaka 1512, Vikṛiti, Mēsha, śu. paurṇamī, Thursday, Viśākhā. Do. Registers an endowment of 70 varāhan by Kṛishṇappa-Nāyaka, son of Adaṭṭarāya of the Vishṇuvardhana-gōtra, for feeding eight Vaishṇavas daily in the temple. The gift was entrusted to a certain Tirumalai Tiruvēṅgaḍa-Tāttayyaṅgār Tirumalaiyyaṅgār.
91 Same wall . . . . . . Śaka 1505, Subhānu, Tulā, ba. 5, Friday, Punarvasu. Do. Records a similar gift of money entrusted to the person mentioned above, by Jagatāpirāyar, son of Annama-Nāyaka and grandson of Muttu Vasavayya-Nāyaka of the Vipra[la*]-gōtra, for feeding Śrīvaishṇavas in the Rāmānuja-kūṭam.
92 Inner wall of the Viṭṭhala shrine in the Raṅgavilāsam-maṇḍapa. . . . . . . Śaka 1422, Raudri, Makara, śu. 10, Monday, Rōhiṇī. Grantha and Tamil States that Kandāḍai Mādhavayyaṅgār, a disciple of Kandāḍai Rāmānujayyaṅgār, the dharmakartā of the Rāmānuja-kūṭam at Tiruvaraṅgam-Tiruppati, constructed newly a temple to the north of the Nānmugan-gōpura and consecrated therein the images of Viṭṭhalēśvara and Madhurakavi-Ālvār and arranged for their worship.

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