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Konerirajapuram
Temple
Kulottunga
No. 691 (Page No. 479 Volume 26)
(A.
R.
No. 646 of 1909)]
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District
South
wall of the mandapa in the front of the same shrine.
Rajakesarivarman
alias Tribh Kulottungasoladeva I : Year (lost), Ishabha
(Vaikasi),
su. 4, Saturday, Punarpusam=1074 A.D., May 3.
This
inscription is built in at both ends, and hence several particulars are
lost. It contains the prasasti of the king
commencing with pugalmadu
vilanga,
etc.
It
records a gift of land, probably in the village of Tirunallam (details
lost) after receiving 4 kasu
from the temple of the same place, made by the sabhai of the place. It is stated
that the land was made tax-free and was intended to provide food to the Sri-maheswaras who attend the Tiruvadirai
festival in the month of Margali and the Visakham festival in the month of Vaikasi.
It appears that the gift-land was granted under the name of
Nalpattunalvar-vilagam after the sabhai
of the place, and was handed over as madappuram to the tapsvi
(ascetic) in the temple of the Tirunallamudaiyar named Tittai
Vilumiyunana-pillai who and his progenies were required to feed the
above-mentioned adiyars
attending the festivals. A
number of persons figure as signatories.
No.
693
(Page No. 481
Volume 26)
(A.
R.
No. 647 of 1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District
Same
wall.
Rajakesarivarman
alias Tribh Sri-Kulottungacholadeva I : Year 49, Mesha
(Chittirai),
su. 13, Wednesday, Uttiram=1119 A. D., March 26.
This
incomplete inscription is damaged in some places.
It contains the prasasti of the king commencing with
pugalmadu vilanga, etc.
It records the
decision of the government communicated to the Perumguri of Tirunallam,
a Brahmadeyam in Vennadu in Puvalakulavalli-valanadu, through
Sembiyadaraiyar working under Munaiyadaraiyar, that land and houses so
such families of the village which had not paid the taxes for the 49th
year and had left the village, should be reserved by the sabhai and
should be sold to others. It
also records the sale of some such land and house (details lost).
No. 695 (Page No. 484
Volume 26)
(A.
R. No. 649 of
1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District Same wall.
Rajakesarivarman
Tribh alias Kulottungacholadeva I: Year 28=1097-98 A.D.
This inscription is
built in at the beginning and its continuation is missing.
So, several particulars are lost.
It contains the prasasti of the king commencing with pugalmadu
vilanga, etc.
It records a gift of
5 kasu by a certain Araiyan Valavandan of Tevur, in Tevur-nadu in
Vijaiyarajendra-valanadu, to provide for food and other offerings during
the night service to the metal (aloha-mayam) image of Umamahesvara set
up by a certain persons (name lost), for the purpose of daily
procession, in the temple of the god Tirunallumudaiya [......]
It is stated that the
amount was received by several Sivabrahmanas of the temple who had
agreed to render this services to the god for ever.
No. 696 (Page No. 485
Volume 26)
(A. R. No. 650 of
1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District Same wall.
Rajakesarivarman
alias Tribh Sri-Kulottungacholadeva I: Year 40,
Ishabha (Vaikasi) su. 13
Monday, Hastam=1110 A. D., May 2. The tithi was su. 11, (Ekadasi).
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This continuation of
the inscription at the end is not traceable.
It contains the prasasti of the king commencing with Pugalmadu
vilanga, etc.
It records a sale of
land in their village by the mahasabhai of Pavaikkudi alias
Nittavinodach-charuppedimangalam in Vennadu in Uyyakkondar-valanadu.
It is stated that the sabhai assembled in the Tirumer-koyilalvan
temple at the village. The
land was sold to the temple of Tirunallamudaiyar of Tirunallam a
Brahmadeyam, in the same nadu and valanadu.
The land was intended for feeding the Srimahesvaras attending the
Tiruvadirai festival held in the month of Margali and the festival held
in the month of Vaikasi in the temple. The land was given as iraiyili.
No. 700 (Page No. 491
Volume 26)
(A.
R. No. 653 of
1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District Same wall.
Rajakesarivarman
alias Tribh Kulottungacholadev I : Year 47, Dhanus
(Margali)
su. 1, Monday, Mulam=1117 A.D., November 26.
This
inscription is damaged in some places.
It contains the prasasti
of the king beginning with.......puviyil ponnemi-yalavil,
etc.
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It
records a sale of land to the temple of Sri Kayilasamudaiyar of
Tirunalam, a Brahmadesam, in Vennadu, by the Perumguri
mahasabhai of Pavaikudi alias Nittavinodachcharuppedi-mangalam, a Brahmadesam in Vennadu in
Uyyakkonda-valandu, who had assembled in the temple of Tirumerkoyilalvar
of the place. The land was
of the extent of ½ nilam or 10 ma
and each ma of land is stated to be
of 100 kuli
in area. The price was 11 Anradu
Narkasu. It is further recorded that the devakanmis of the temple
should cultivate the lands and use the yields to perform worship and to
provide offerings to the god of the temple.
The land is stated to have been made tax-free.
Representatives of the sabhai
and of the temple priests figure as signatories.
No. 701 (Page No. 494
Volume 26)
(A.
R.
No. 653-A of 1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District
Same
wall.
This
record in characters of c. 12th
century and in continuation
of No. 700 above refers to the representatives of the sabhai and the temple priests who attested the sale of land executed in the one mentioned
above.
No.
706
(Page No. 496
Volume 26)
(A.
R.
No. 658 of 1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District
West
wall of the Chandikesavara shrine in the same temple.
Chakravartin
Sri-Kulottungacholadeva I : Year 15=1084-85 A.D.
This
inscription records that a certain Tittai Vilumiyan alias Pillai Adiyar caused
this stone-temple of the god Chandesvaradevar to be built. It also records that the same man was bowing at the feet of the
deity. It also states that
this god Chandesvaradevar was worshiping the god Tirun alamudaiyar. The two above-mentioned statements are perhaps each a label for a
carving representing the respective scene on the stone-wall of the
temple.
No. 707 (Page No. 497
Volume 26)
(A.
R.
No. 659 of 1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District
East,
north and west walls of the same shrine.
Rajakesarivarman
alias Chakravartin Sri-Kulottungacholadeva I :
Year
[8]=1077 A.D.
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This
inscription is very much damaged and consequently several important
details are lost. It
contains the prasasti of the king,
commencing with Pugalnadu
vilanga jaya-madu virumba,
etc.
It
appears to record a gift of land by sale for 40 kasu
in Tirunallam, by a person (details lost) to the temple of the god
Tirunallamudaiyar f the same place, a Brahmadeyam, in [.......] in Uyyokkonda-[valanadu], for providing worship and
offerings to the five images of deities (of whom the name of
Kalyana-sundara alone is preserved) set up in the temple. It appears that the temple Sivabrahmanas
received the gift and had agreed to conduct the worship and services
accordingly. Mention is
made of the groups of temple servants like the Srikariyamseyars,
Srimahesvarakkankanis,
Srikoyilavariyancheyvars the
madapattiyamseyvars and the devakanmis and their
representatives figure as signatories.
No. 713 (Page No. 504
Volume 26)
(A.
R. No. 662 of 1909)
Konerirajapuram,
Thanjavur Taluk, Thanjavur District Same
wall.
Tribh
Kulottungacholadeva III: Year 16, Mina (Panguni) ba. 1,
Wednesday,
Hastam=1194 A. D., March 9.
This
inscription is damaged in several places. It refers to the king as
âwho was pleased to take Madurai and the crowned head of the pandyaâ.
It
records that the temple of the god Tirunalamudaiyar in Vennadu, in
Uyyakkondar-valanadu, in the balustrade on the Southside of the
Pugalabharana-mandapa, an image of the god Tiruvunaligai
Vinayakappillaiyar was set up by a certain Tiruchchirrambalamudaiyan alias
Paramativakaran, of Tirunallam. It further records that the people (urar)
of Pungudi alias Olaimangalattuppanavan-kundaiyur, a devadana,
of the above-mentioned temple, and of Ilanalattur gifted away as iraiyili
(tax-free) some lands in favour of the god Pillaiyar. Of these people,
those of Ilanalattur gave a piece of land in their village as archchana-bogam
to the same deity. Then the names of a number of signatories are given.
It then records another gift of land made probably by the people
of the other village, although its details are lost.
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