Inscriptions of the Ranganathasvamy Temple, Srirangam
Cholas
Vikrama Chola
No. 109
(Page No. 133)
(A. R. No. 27 of 1948-49)
III Prakara, south wall.
Damaged. Commence with the prasati
Pumalai midaindu etc. of the king. All other details are lost.
No. 110
(Page No. 134)
(A. R. No. 37 of 1948-49)
III Prakara, south wall.
Record a gift of 100 sheep for supply of
ghee to the temple.
No. 111
(Page No. 135)
(A. R. No. 127 of 1947-48)
III Prakara, south wall.
Registers an assignment of tax-free land
to Ramadevan Srirama Bhattan, the tarkkani of Ilavelur for
providing offerings on specified occasions ; the land endowment was to
be called Sriramavilagam. The record is dated in the 3rd year
of the king’s reign.
No. 112
(Page No. 137)
(A. R. No. 128 of 1947-48)
III Prakara, south wall.
Records another assignment of tax-free
land by sale to Tirumalapadi Durga . . . . . . Bhattan alias Sri
Sadagopanambi Alagiya-manavalap-perumal, a tarkkani of Ilavelur,
in Kavijanakarpagachcheri in Gandaraditta-chaturvedimangalam, a
brahmadeya in Poygai-nadu in Tyagavalli-valanadu, for supply of
garlands to the temple. The endowment land was to be named
Sadagopavilagam, after the assignee. Mentions Srikaridevavilagam endowed by
Nilagangaraiyar, probably as one of the boundaries of the gift land. The
record is dated in the 3rd year of the king’s reign.
No. 113
(Page No. 139)
(A. R. No. 38 of 1948-49)
III Prakara, south wall.
Records a sale of land at the instance of
Valavanarayana Muvendavelar, the Srikaryam officer of the temple
to Puravangudaiyan Araiyan Adittadevan alias Enadi Araiyan of
Puliyangudi in Kiliyur-nadu for a flower garden to be named
Nidiyabharanan-tirunandavanam. The record is dated in the 8th
year of the king’s reign and the details of the date viz., Makara
25, ba. 8, Monday, Visakham regularly correspond to A.D. 1126, January
18, Monday, 30; 46.
No. 114
(Page No. 141)
(A. R. No. 39 of 1948-49)
III Prakara, south wall.
Records the sale of 3½ ma of
land to Enadi Araiyan (vide No.106 above ) for 8 kasu, by Sandur
Magila-ankaradasan and his younger brother who obtained this from
Periyakoyilpriyar in exchange for the garden land called Kodal
tirunandavanam. The record is dated in the 8th year of the
king’s reign.
No. 115
(Page No. 142)
(A. R. No. 40 of 1948-49)
III Prakara, south wall.
Records the sale deed of the transaction
referred to in No.144 above. The inscription is dated in the 8th
year of the king’s reign.
No. 116
(Page No. 143)
(A. R. No. 28 of 1948-49)
III Prakara, south wall.
Registers a sale land (tirumadaippallipuram)
to a certain Bramamarajar The record is dated Kataka, Su. 3,
Wednesday, Magha in the10th year of the king’s reign,
corresponding to A.D. 1127, July 13, Wednesday, f.d.t. 20; 51.
No. 117
(Page No. 143)
(A. R. No. 437 of 1954-55)
III Prakara, inner wall of the
sandal-paste room.
Commence with the prasasti Pumadu
punara, etc. Registers a gift of 3 ma of land bounded by the
Jayangondasola-tirunandavanam on the west, Rajadhirajan-tirunandavanam
on the north, Alappirandan-tirunandavanam on the east and Kaverion the
south by Tillaiyalagiyar the mother of queen Araiyanula-gudaiyar alias
Ologa (Loka) mahadeviyar to Kandadai Tiruvarana-narayanan Sri
Sadagopan for a flowers garden in her name and for her own welfare, at
the instance of Kalivalam-udaiyan Tiruvayikkulam-udaiyan alias
Valavanarayana-muvendavelan, the Srikaryam of the temple. The
record is dated in the 10th year of the king’s reign.
No. 118
(Page No. 144)
(A. R. No. 438 of 1954-55)
II Prakara, inner wall of the silver
palanquin room.
Damaged. Commences with the Prasasti
Pumalai midaindu etc. Records the sale of one veli of land
by the Srivaishnavas of the temple to Nambi Nilaiyan
Tiruchchirrambalamudaiyan alias Mudikondachola-muvenda- velar of
Porkala-kkudi in Murugal-nadu in Geyamanikka-valanadu, who probably
donated the same to the temple at the instance of Rajavichchadira
Brahmamarayar, the Srikaryam, of the temple, for a flower garden.
The record is dated in the 12th
year of the king’s reign, Simha, ba. 8, Thursday, Karttikai (Krittika),
which corresponds to 1129 A.D., August, 8, f.d.t.
33. f.d.n. 69
No. 119
(Page No. 146)
(A. R. No. 340 of 1952-53)
III Prakara ,
Pavitra-mandapa, inner wall,
right of the Aryabhattail Vasal
Commences with the same prasasti as
No. 114 above. Registers a sale of one veli of 2,000 kuli
of 28-2-340 kol of sand-silted fallow land in
Tenkarai-Valattur-nadu for 2 kasu for a stipulated quantity of
paddy to be given into the temple granary by the temple officials at the
instance of Raja Vijjiadira Birumma-marayar (Vidyadhara Brahma-maharayar).
The Srikaryam of the temple, to Vijayarayar alias
Tiruvengadavan-Devan of Panrimangalam in Nallur-nadu in
Nittavinoda-valanadu, for being reclaimed and made into a flower garden
under the name Kesavanvilagam by Perumbuliyur Svamibhaktan. The record
is dated in the 13th year of reign of the king, the
details of the date being Vrischika, su. 13 (wrong for 3) Wednesday ,
Mula, corresponding regularly to A.D. 1130, November 5, Wednesday ;
98: 78.
No. 120
(Page No. 149)
(A. R. No. 339 of 1952-53)
III Prakara, same place.
Commences with the introduction pumalai
midaindu etc. Registers a gift of land by sale, by the
Srivaishnava-kanmis of the temple headed by Aniyarangadasar and
inclusive of the temple accountant Tiruvarangappiriyan for a flower
garden called Avirodisilan for the god to Kangaiyan alias
Pattamudaiyan Muvayirattoruvan of Pattam in Avurkurram in
Nittavinoda-valanadu, at the instance of Srinara-vichchadira Brahma-marayar,
the Srikaryam of the temple. The record is dated in the 15th
regnal year of the king and furnished details viz., Mina, ba
Wednesday. Uttiradam, which correspond to A.D. 1113 March 3,
Friday (not Wednesday) 49 : 53
No. 121
(Page No. 151)
(A. R. No. 31 of 1948-49)
Registers a sale of land for a flower
garden under orders of the Srikaryam officer
Tiruvalanattu-Manadu-daiyar to Kottur-Udaiyan Tiruvikraman. Mentions the
land endowed by Udaiyan Velan karunakaran alias Tondaimanar. The
inscription is dated in the 15th year of the king’s
reign.
No. 122
(Page No. 153)
(A. R. No. 33 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara , north wall.
Registers gift of land by purchase, by
Sir-I lankon Tirunadudaiyan for feeding Srivaishnava piligrims on
new moon days and ten Malayana(la) Brahmanas during the Panguni
festival. This gift is placed under the protection of the
Abhimanabhushanar of the three mandalas. The record is dated
in the 16th regnal year of of king.
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Kulottunga II
No. 123
(Page No. 155)
(A. R. No. 56 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall
Commences with the introduction
Pumannupadumam. Purports to be an order issued by the deity leasing
the temple lands to the kovanavar who were to plant coconut and
areca palms thereon and to pay a specified portion of the yield to the
temple year after year. The inscription is dated Kumbha, ba 5,
Saturday, Svati, in the 7th year of the king’s reign and
the details work out regularly to A.D. 1140, February 10, Saturday;
14; 35.
No. 124
(Page No. 156)
(A. R. No. 55 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Registers an endowment of land after
purchase, for a flower garden to the temple by three private individuals
who also made additional gifts of money for the maintenance of the
gardeners. The land is said to have been purchased by the donors from
the temple itself. The details of the date viz. 11th
year, Simha, ba 14 Wednesday, Ayilyan correspond to A.D. 1143,
August 11, Wednesday: 57:45.
Rajaraja II
No. 125
(Page No. 158)
(A. R. No. 68 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Records the gift of a golden lamp-stand
set with one ruby and an endowment of money for maintaining the lamp and
for the supply of camphor, by Kodai Ravivarman of Venadu in Malai-nadu.
The details of date, viz., 11th year, Vrischika, su.
5, Monday, Tiruvonam regularly correspond to A.D. 1156,
November 19, Monday 63; 58.
No. 126
(Page No. 159)
(A. R. No. 122 of 1947-48)
III Prakara, north wall
Records an agreement given by Kasyapan
Tiru. . . . . ttavan perumal alias Alagiyamanavala Brahmarayar,
his brother . . . . . . perumal alias Virachola Brahmarayar and
Singapiran Chakrapani to Pon-parappinar alias Vangara
Muttaraiyar to cultivate the 2 ma of garden land purchased
from Sri Govinda-Perumal alias Pagaivali Anuka Brahmarayar and
Tiruvaykkulam Udaiyan Uttamanambi for 17,0000 kasu. The
inscription is dated in the 11th regnal year of Tribhuvanachakravartigal
Rajaraja who may be identified with Rajaraja II on Palaeographical
considerations.
The portion containing the details of the
date is partly damaged on the stone the last letter of the tithi mi
along with the other details viz., the weekday (Saturday) and the
nakshatra (svati) being clear. If the intended tithi is
ba ashtami, then the details given viz., 11th year,
Saturday and Svati regularly correspond to A.D. 1157,
January 5, Saturday, f.d.t. 13; f.d.n. 24. The month was Makara.
Rajadhiraja II
No. 127
(Page No. 160)
(A. R. No. 63 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Records an endowment in money for a lamp
in the temple by Periya Tirusutti-sattina Perumal alias
Rajaraja Uttama-setti of Kurattippattanam situated in
Kaivara-nadu, a sub-division of Poysala-nadu. The record is dated in
the 9th regnal year of the king
Tribhuvanachchakravartigal Rajadhirajadeva who may be identified
with Rajadhirajadeva II on Palaeographical considerations.
No. 128
(Page No. 161)
(A. R. No. 73 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Commences with the prasasti
kadal-sulnda parmadarum, etc. Records an endowment of 1000 kasu by
Virrirundan Seman alias Tirukkuraivala[r*]tta
Akalanka-Nadalvan of Tiruttavatturai for conducting certain special
festivals in the temple. (vide Nos. 129-131 below). The record is
dated in the 9th year of the king’s reign.
No. 129
(Page No. 162)
(A. R. No. 267 of 1930)
IV Prakara, opposite the
udaiyavar-sannidhi.
Records an oath of fealty taken by Nayan
alias Alagiya Manavala Maryan, a Kaikkola-Mudali of
Tiruvarangam, to serve unto death, as a velaikkaran of
Virrirundan Seman alias Akalanka Nadalvan. The record is in
characters of the 12th century A.D. (vide No. 128 above.)
No. 130
(Page No. 162)
(A. R. No. 268 of 1930)
IV Prakara wall, opposite the
udaiyavar-sannidhi,
Records an oath of fealty as in No. 129
above, by Ariyan alias Kidarattaraiyan.
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(A. R. No. 269 of 1930)
IV Prakara wall, opposite the
udaiyavar-sannidhi.
Records an oath of fealty taken as in No.
129 above, by Ulagan alias Alaganaichchola-Marayan.
Kulottunga III
No. 132
(Page No. 162)
(A. R. No. 50 of 1948-49)
IV Prakara, west wall.
Damaged. Records a gift of 4,000 kasu
probably for purchase of some lands, by Kesuvan Sundarattolu-daiyan alias
Singapperumal-dasan of Vembarrur in Pandi-mandalam for conducting a
service on the day of Uttiram, the natal star of the donor. The record
is dated in the reign (year lost) of Tribhuvanachchakra-vartigal
Kulottungacholadeva ‘who was pleased to take Madurai, IIam and the
crowned head of the Pandya’ i.e., Kulottunga III.
No. 133
(Page No. 163)
(A. R. No. 89 of 1936-37)
Vellaigopuram, inner wall.
State that the worship of the god who
was the tutelary deity of the king, and the repairs to the
prakara wall called Madadesan alias Adaiyavalaindan –tirumaligai
were left in charge of Tayilumnallan alias
Kulottungasola-Vanakovaraiyar.
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No. 134
(Page No. 163)
(A. R. No.89 of 1936-37)
III Prakara, east wall.
Registers a gift of land by Kodaikano
Settiyar of Kulamukki for rearing a flower garden called
Perundevi for the god. Vengar Sriramabhatta-Vajape [ya*]-yajiyar
was the Srikaryam of the temple. (See No. 138 below). The date
is lost.
No. 135
(Page No. 164)
(A. R. No. 75 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall
Begins with the Prasasti Puyal
vayittu. The record is incomplete. Seems to record an
endowment by . . . kan Senapati Alvan Alagiya-manadvalapperumal for the
sacred bath and offerings to the deity in the name of Si(Sri) Pundarikan
on special festival days in the months of Aippasi and Panguni. The
record is dated in the third regnal year of the king.
No. 136
(Page No. 165)
(A. R. No. 61 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Registers a gift of the village
Tiruvayppadinallur, made tax free, for special worship and offerings to
the god on the day of the Daivattarayan festival by the
gopalas who had proprietary rights over Valluvappadinadu in
Karikalakanna-valanadu. Mentions the Srikaryam officer
Kavaittalai-udaiyar. The record is dated in the 6th
year of Sri Virarajendra which is a surname of Kulottunga
III with whose prasasti the record begins. The details of
date viz. 6th year, Mina, ba. 6, Monday, Kettai,
regularly correspond to A.D. 1184, March 5, Monday; 58; f.d.n. 10.
No. 137
(Page No. 167)
(A. R. No.76 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Records an endowment of money for the
merit of a person by name Vagalarkodali alias . . . .
natha-Pallavaraiyan, by his wife and daughter for conducting a
special festival to god Alagiyamanavala-perumal in the temple on the day
of Rohini which was his natal star. Mentions the Srikaryam officer
Kavattalaiyudaiyan Vilumiyadevan Peruman (see No. 136 above). The
details of date viz., 7th year, Mithuna, ba. 12, Tuesday,
Karttigai, regularly correspond to A.D. 1185, May 28, Tuesday;
10; f.d.n. 08.
No. 138
(Page No. 168)
(A. R. No.119 of 1938-39)
III Prakara, east wall.
Registers a gift of land by a resident of
Malainadu (name lost) for rearing a flower-garden called Sudikkoduttal
for the god, when Vengur Sriramabhatta-Vajapeya[ya]jiyar was the
Srikaryam of the temple. (Vide No. 134 above).
No. 139
(Page No. 169)
(A. R. No. 63 of 1892)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Registers the gift of a bronze lamp and
9000 kasu towards supply of ghee for the same at the rate of 1
nali per day to Alagiyamanavalapperumal by Madhavan Ayirkkadan of
Murunottamangalam in Malaimandalam. The record is dated in the 18th
regnal year of the king.
Published in the S.I.I., Vol. IV,
No. 510.
No. 140
(Page No. 169)
(A. R. No. 66 of 1892)
IV Prakara, north wall, left of the
entrance.
Fragmentary. Gives the prasasti of
the king and records an order issued to the revenue officers, the
contents of which are lost.
The record is dated in the 19th
year, Vrischika, ba. 5 Tuesday, pusam corresponding to A.D. 1196,
November 12, Tuesday, 56, 57.
Published in S.I.I., Vol. III, No.
88
No. 141
(Page No. 170)
(A. R. No. 67 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, south wall.
Records the gift of 12 Bhujabala-madai
for a brass lamp with triped stand in the temple by Nunkama-Mahadevi,
wife of Madhurantakap-Pottappichcholan alias Siddharasan.
The inscription is dated in the 19th year of the
king’s reign.
No. 142
(Page No. 171)
(A. R. No. 113 of 1938-39)
III Prakara, east wall.
Refers to the erosion of the river into
the lands belonging to the temples at Srirangam and Tiruvanaikka and the
resettlement of the proper boundaries under arbitration by
Annavayiludaiyar Gangeyrayar in the 20th year and 213th
day of the King, evidently Kulottunga Chola III. After the
necessary adjustments, the ali (disc) and the sula
(trident) stones were planted demarcating the boundaries.
No. 143
(Page No. 174)
(A. R. No. 364 of 1953-54)
Kottaram, wall inside the rice storage
room.
Beginning built in and damaged and
intercepted by walls. Records a gift of buffaloes by a number of Kons
(members of the shepherd community) such as Srirangakkon, Senapati (Sri
Kulasekar-kkon, Alagiyamana-vala-kon, etc., for supply of ghee towards
some service introduced by Kasyapan . . . . . . Perumal alias
Akalanka Brahmarayar, one of the Sripadam-tangum nambimar. The
inscription is dated in the reign of Tribhuvanachakravarti
Kulottunga-chola who was pleased to conquer Madurai, IIam, Karuvur and
the crowned head of the Pandya (i.e. Kulottunga III). The
regnal year quoted in the record is damaged, only the digit I in the
unit’s place being visible. It may be assigned either to the 21st
or the 31st year of reign as the wording of the record
indicates.
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No. 144
(Page No. 175)
(A. R. N. 146 of 1938-39)
V Prakara, south wall, to the right of
Chokkappanai gopuram.
Registers gift of lands in
Nagaikku-Mangudi alias Rajendrasolapuram and three other
neighboring villages clubbing them together under the name
Ayandambakkilan-brahmadeyam by Tiruvanantamutti(murti) Arulalan alias
Virarajendra-Pallavaraiyan, the Kilan of Ayandambakkam in Agudi-nadu, a
subdivision of Pularkottam alias Vikramasolavlanadu, a district of
Jayagondasolamandalam, to some Brahmanas settled by him in the
Rajamahendran-tiruvidi at Tiruvarangam. Tribhuvanachakravartin
Konerinmaikondan in whose 24th year and the 225th
day the record is dated, may be identical with Kulottunga Chola
III whose surname Virarajendra was adopted by the donor.
Mention is made of the Pidari Aiyapolil MakaIi.
No. 145
(Page No. 176)
(A. R. No. 335 of 1952-53)
V Prakara, outer wall, to the right of the
path leading to the chakrattalvar shrine.
Damaged. Refers to the same transaction
as in the previous record (No. 144) and mentions among the signatories
Kalingarayar and Vanadhirajar.
No. 146
(Page No. 178)
(A. R. No. 18 of 1938-39)
II Prakara, east wall.
Registers gift of lands after purchase
from the temple authorities by Olai-mangalam-udaiyan Tiruvenkadu-daiyan
Siriyandan, a merchant of Kulottungacholapattanam in Sellur-nadu in
Rajaraja-valanadu for offerings to god during the sandhi instituted in
the temple in the name of the donor. The record is dated in the 32nd
regnal year of the king. The agreement was engraved north of
Sripadu which is to the east of Tiruvanukkan Tirumaligai
(central shrine) as stated in the inscription. The details of the date
viz., 32nd year, Dhanus, su. 1. Sunday and Mula
regularly correspond to A.D. 1209, November 29, Sunday 96. 76.
No. 147
(Page No. 179)
(A. R. No. 32 of 1936-37)
II Prakara, north wall.
Registers an order of Gangeyarayar
fixing the apportionment of the produce from several classes of temple
lands, between the temple and its tenants. The record is dated in the
34th regnal year of the king.
No. 148
(Page No. 180)
(A. R. No. 17 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara , west wall.
The inscription dated in the 35th
year of the king seems to be incomplete. Records that certain lands
were purchased and given as tirunamattukkani for worship and
offerings to god Alagiyamandavala-Perumal by Ambalavan-Koyilalvar, a
lady who was under the support (mudugan) of Ambalavan
Periya-Peruman alias Jagadekavira-Acharya of Rajarajapuram. The
details of the date viz., Tula, su. 13, Wednesday, Revati, correspond
to A.D. 1212, October 10, Wednesday, 25; f.d.n. 10.
No. 149
(Page No. 183)
(A. R. No.51 of 1948-49)
IV Prakara, west wall.
Records gift of money and I veli of
land in the village Peyatti in Kulasekhara-saruppedimangalam by Kesuvan
Sundarattoludaiyan alias Pillai Singapperumal Kuttan for
offerings to the goddess in his name on his birthday every year. The
record is dated in the 36th year of the king’s reign.
No. 150
(Page No. 183)
(A. R. No. 34 of 1936-37)
IV Prakara, north wall.
Registers a gift of land by
Uyyakkondalasani, wife of Kunikkumpiran-bhattan of
Rajakesari-chaturvedi- mangalam, a brahmadeya in Nallur-nadu, a
subdivision of Nittavinoda –valanadu, as triuvidaiyattam to god
Alagiyamanavala-Perumal. The gift was made in the 37th
regnal year of the king.
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