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194 Do. Do. Ariyaṇa-Uḍaiyar (Harihara) Śaka 1303, Durmati, Māśi. Do. Stone lost in the middle and incomplete. Records an order of the king remitting the taxes Vāśal-paṇam and vāl-vari (on cattle), due to him, for meeting the expenses of the festival of the god Tirukkāmīśvaram-uḍaiya-Nāyanār in the month of Paṅguni, when the god was taken in processsion to the sea for the sacred bath.
195 Do. . . Sāvaṇadēva-Mahārāja Prabhava, Āḍi Do. Records the order of the king to the Sthābniyas of Villiyanalūr remitting the taxes on a third of the lands in their village belonging to the temple, the other two-thirds being already sarvamānya. The titles ‘ Śambuvarāya-sthāpanāchārya’ etc. are applied to him.
196 Do. . . Do. Pramādi. Pūraṭṭādi 12. Do. Registers a remission by the king of 60 paṇam derivable from jōḍi, śūlavari and Śrīkārya-koṛṛilakkai for worship and service in the temple of Tirukkāmīśuram-uḍaiya-Nāyanār at Villiyanallūr.
197 North wall of the same maṇḍapa . . . . . . . Kāḷayukti Kārttika, ashṭamī. Telugu In characters of about the 17th century A.D. Records the perpectual devotion of a certain Padmanābhaya.
198 Same wall Vijayanagara Śrīraṅgadēva-Mahārāya Śaka 1497, Yuva, Tai 23, pañchamī [Hasta], Thursday. Tamil States that the nāṭṭavar at Villiyanallūr, in paḍaivīḍu-uśāvaḍi of Chandragiri-rājya, assembled before the shrine of Tirukkāmiyappar and decided on the removal of certain social restrictions imposed o the artisan class.
199 Platform in the Naṭarāja shrine in the same temple . Pallava Sakalalōkachakravartin Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva(II). 5th year, Vṛi[shabha], śu 5, Wednesday. Do. Stones misplaced and some lost. Records a sale of land to Perumāḷ-piḷḷai alias  Śōlakōnār by the ūravar of Paḷḷattūr in Olugaṛai alias Kulōttuṅgaśōlanallūr.
200 Door-jamb of the entrance into the first prakāra of the same temple. . . . . . . . . . Do. In characters of the 14th century A.D. States that this entrance (was the gift of) Śēndāṇḍān of Tattanūr.
201 East wall of the second prākāra of the same temple, left of entrance. Vijayanagara [Achyu]. . . . . . Śaka 146*, Śō[bhakṛit], Chittirai 5. Do. Built in at the end. States that the inscription on the kumudappaḍai of the temple relating to certain social honours being enjoyed by the Kaikkōḷas, having been erased by the Ilaivāṇi[gar] community, the former along with the Dēvaṅgar, left the village (as a protest ?), and the matter was enquired into and a fresh copy of the inscription was engraved from the original copper-plate record kept at Kāñchīpuram, by Vijayarāya, agent of Tirumalaidēva-Mahārāja and the nāṭṭutalaiyāri Nalan Timmu. . . . . . .
202 Inner wall of the east gōpura in the same temple. . . . . . . . Viḷambi, Kārttigai 30. Do. Characters seem to belong to the 17th century A.D. Records gift of land for providing lamps, garlands andwater for the sacred bath of the god Tirukkāmiśuram-uḍaiya-svāmiyār by a certain Tāyappan.
203 Inner wall of the south gōpura in the same temple. . . . . . . . Khara (expired) and Nandana (current), Āḍi 2. Do. Characters belong to the 18th century A.D. States that the kiṇāśārikkam (gaṇāchārikkam) of Valudāvūr-ṥīrmai which had been endowed in former times by  Bhikshāpatirāyar for a perpectual lamp in the temple of god Tirukkāmi--īsvarasvāmi was renewed during the Muhammadan regime (tulukkadivānam) by the Nāṭṭār of the Śīrmai after representing the matter to Rāyōji-Paṇḍita.
204 East wall of the Yāga-śālai in the same temple. . . . . . . . . . Telugu Characters belong to about the 15th century A.D. Records the perpectual devotion of Tille-Nāyaka, son of Koṇḍapi Arasappa Errama and of Veṅkaṭi, probably his wife.

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