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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
SOUTH INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS VOLUME XIII INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN
No. 51.
(A.R. No. 129
of 1914.) Tiruverumbur, Trichinopoly Taluk, Trichinopoly District. On the south wall of the central shrine, Pipilikesvara temple. The inscription registers another sale of land, made
tax-free, at Srikantha-chaturvedimangalam by the assembly (Perunguir-sabhai) of
the village to Velan Viranaranan alias Sembiyan Vedivelar of
Sirudavur who is stated to have constructed the Srivimana to (god)
Tiruverumbiyur-Alvar. This person, after paying the cost of the land as well as
a lump sum towards its tax-exemption, and also redeeming it from a certain
resident of the village named Mappani Kari Nakkan in whose charge the land had
been left by the assembly (evidently in mortgage), endowed the land for the
maintenance of our persons who were to sing the Tiruppadiyam hymns to
the accompaniment of udukkai and talam daily during the tree
services in the temple. The donor is also said to have added to this land,
another piece which had been the object of a boundary dispute (sima-vivadam)
between the residents of Srikantha-chaturvedimangalam and Tiruverumbiyr, and
which he had purchased from both the parties (See No. 50 above). The
inscription refers to a channel dug by the donor. This is evidently the one
mentioned in No. 50 above.
No. 52.
(A.R. No. 57 of 1918.)
Vriddhachalam, Vriddhachalam Taluk, South Arcot District. On the north wall of the mandapa in front of the central shrine in the Vriddhagirisvara temple. This records an assignment of 8 ma of land, which
had been given by king Uttama-Chola as devadana to the temple of
Tirumudukunram-Udaiyar at Nerkuppai in Paruvur-kurram of Irungolappadi, by the
residents of thevillage to a certain Paradayan Kumaranarayana-Bhattan for the
supply of sandal-paste and incense powder for the daily use of the deity, and
for the ingredients of sacred bath on the days of Sankranti. The record
seems to belong to Rajaraja I.
No. 53.
(A.R. No. 147 of 1918.) Turuvaiyaru, Tanjore Taluk, Tanjore District. On a stone built into the west gopura of the Panchanadesvara temple.
The gift of gold chamara made to god
[Tiru]vaiyarudaiyar by Panchavanmadevi, queen of Mummudi-Cho[la] (Rajaraja I).
No. 54.
(A.R. No. 129 of 1919.)
Olagapuram, Tindivanam Taluk,
South Arcot District.
On the south wall of the central
shrine, ruined Siva temple.
This records an endowment of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp
in the temple of Sri Kailayattu-Paramasvami at Ulogamadevipuram, a taniyur
in Oyma-nadu, by Ambalavan Gandaradittanar, a noble-man of the king, who
isstated to have also built the temple with stone. The name of the village was
evidently derived from Lokamahadevi, a queen of Rajaraja I.
No. 55.
(A.R. No. 98 of 1920.)
Tirumalavadi, Udaiyarpalaiyam
Taluk, Trichinopoly District. On the east wall of the ruined mandapa to the north
of the shrine of the goddess in the Vaidyanatha temple.
This records an undertaking backed with a security in
land, given by two servants of the temple to make an offering of flaked rice to
god Ganapati in the temple at Punalvayil on the day of Arudra in Margali month,
with the money endowed for the purpose and left in their charge by a certain Sendan
Velala-Pillaiyar of Kumballumbur in Oyma-nadu, a subdivision of Tondai-nadu.
No. 56.
(A.R. No. 542 of 1920.)
Udayargudi (near
Kattumannarkoyil), Chidambaram Taluk, South Arcot District.
On the south wall of the central
shrine, Anantisvara temple.
A gift of 13 ½ kalanju of gold for a perpetual lamp
in the temple by Arisu-Kadi, a Vellala woman resident of Sirukadambur in
Vilattur-nadu.
No. 57.
(A.R. No. 543 of 1920.) On the same wall.
A gift of 13 ½ kalanju of gold for a perpetual lamp
in the temple by Muppiral Srikrishna-Kramavittan of Panditavatsalacheri
(quarter). Panditavatsala was a well-known title of Parantaka I.
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