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MISCELLANEOUS
conducting a festival for Kumārasvāmin. This ulā was probably composed
in praise of the local deity.
Endowment for teaching English by Pachchayappa Mudali
74. Pachchayappa-Mudali, the well known philanthropist of South India,
finds mention in a few stone inscriptions, of which mention may be made of the
Endowment for teaching English by Pachchaone secured from Srīraṅgam this year
(No. 145). A similar inscription is
also found at Jambukēśvaram close by
(No. 79 of 1937-38). Both of them refer to a deposit of a lakh of varāhan in the
Government treasury by order of the Honourable Supreme Court, who appointed
the Hindu Sabhā at Chennapaṭṇam to allocate the interest accruing therefrom
for different charitable purposes. By this order the Raṅganātha temple was
allotted 240 varāhan for feeding Brahman pilgrims in the temple, while the
Jambukēśvara temple got 120 varāhan for the ardhajāma-service in the shrine
of the goddess in the Śiva temple. Provision is made ta the end of the Śrīraṅgam
inscription for the appointment of a teacher on 5 varāhan per month to teach
English to the Hindu boys of the place.
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