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(INSCRIPTION COLLECTED
DURING THE YEAR 1908-09)
rulers of kongu
Viranarayana
No. 114
(Page No 71)
(A. R. No. 11 of 1909)
Komaralingam, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District
On the north wall of the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Viranarayanadeva: 1139-49 A.D.
This fragmentary inscription of which the date
portion is lost mentions the manradi Amattan-Kari lankaiâ¦â¦.,
evidently the same as the one who figures in No. 110 above.
No. 127
(Page No 78)
(A. R. No. 121 0f 1909.)
Komaralingam, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District
On the north base of the Karivaradaraja-perumal
temple.
Viranarayanadeva :Year 3=1141-42 A. D.
This damaged inscription records the grant of land
as madappuram to god Kariyapiran of Sri-Kumarangavima-chaturvedimangalam,
a brahmadeya in Kataivali-nadu by Tirupperpalasiriyan Sri-Vasudevan
Sri-Narasingabhatta-somayaji alias Virasola-Brahmendran who is
stated to have received the land from Perumal Virasola-deva.
No. 128
(Page No 78)
(A. R. No. 122 of 1909.)
Komaralingam, Udumalaipet Talik, Coimbatore
District
On the north base of the Karivaradaraja-perumal
temple.
Konerinmaikondan (Viranarayana ?) : e. 1139 A. D.
This damaged inscription records an order of the
king addressed to the residents of Koluman granting some thing (details
not preserved) to meet the expenses relating to the procession, during a
festival, of the deity Karumanikkapiran of
Kumarangabhimach-chaturvedimangalam in Karaivali-nadu.
In continuation of this record are engraved two
others which also seem to be grants of land, etc., for the procession of
the same deity, by some individuals.
No. 129
(Page No 79)
(A. R. No. 123 of 1909.)
Komaralingam, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District
On the north base of the Karivaradaraja-perumal
temple.
Konerinmaikondan-Viranarayana (?) e. (1139-49 A.
D.)
This badly damaged inscription records the gift of
paddy for offerings to the god Karimanikkalvar at
Kumarangabhma-chchaturvedimangalam by the king.
No. 130
(Page No 79 )
(A. R. No. 124 of 1909)
Kimaralingam, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District
On the north base of the karivaradaraja-perumal
temple.
This very much damaged inscription records an order
of the king relating to the grant of land and certain levies probably
for raising and tending a flower garden. The other details are lost.
No. 161
(Page No 105)
(A. R. No. 153 of 1909)
Sangramanallur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District Same base.
Vira-Narayanadeva: Year 8=1146-47 A.D.
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This inscription is damaged in some places. It
contained also other particulars of date but owing to the damage
suffered by the record, all that remains of these is the 5th lithi of the bright half of the month.
It records the sale of land by public auction held
at Keralakesarinallu in Karaivali-nadu. It states that the land
belonged to manradi Viladattaraiyan of the above-mentioned place
and that the sale by auction was intended to pay off the fine imposed on
him for the destruction he caused to the treasury of the god
Tiruvalandurai-udaiyar. It is stated that the land was purchased for 10
½ achchus by a certain Kannabhattan, a servant of the temple of
Viracholisvaramudaiyar, on behalf of the temple treasury.
No. 166
(Page No 108)
(A. R. No. 157 of 1909.)
Sangramanallur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District Same wall.
Konerinmaikondan (Viranarayana): No date: e.
1139-49.
This inscription records the gift, made by the king
, for the merit of mamadi (uncle), of the village of Devanpadi
alias Viranarayananallur in Kavadikka-nadu, with all its taxes, in
favour of the image of the deity Tribhuvanasundarar setup in the temple
of Viracholichchuramudaiyar and for the celebration of the marriage (of
the deity). It is stated that the village was gifted as a devadana
to provide for lamps in the temple. It is further stated that the
supervision of the gift was not to be done by the samantars and
the executive authorities but only by the Srimahesvarar and the
temple servants.
No. 167
(Page No 109)
(A. R. No. 157-A of 1909.)
Sangramanallur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District Same wall.
Konerinmaikondan : Viranarayana (?) : No date : e.
1139-49 A. D.
This inscription records the grant made by the
king, to the servants of the deity of the temple of
Viracholisvaramudaiyar, of paddy from a village in Onpadukarai-nadu to
provide for the food-offerings to god Sundaraperumal Vinayakappillaiyar
and for the images of the god Tirubhuvanasundarar and to the temple of
the goddess Nachchiyar which were set up for the merit of the kingâs
mamadi (uncle) and for taking out in procession (of the images of
the above deities) on the day n the month of Purattasi when the asterism
Sadaya, the star of nativity of the king, occurs.
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No. 168
(Page No 110)
(A. R. No. 157-B of 1909.)
Sangramanallur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District Same wall.
(Konerinmaikondan: Viranarayana (?): No date: e.
1139-49 A. D. This inscription, which is slightly damaged, records a
grant of land in Tiruvalalandurai alias Kerelakesarinallur in
Karaivali-nadu, made by the king and entrusted to a certain Kannabhattan,
a servant of the temple of Viracholisvaramudaiyar at Kolumam to provide
for food-offerings to the deity Dakshinamurtti, set up in the
above-mentioned temple (for his own merit) Also records on order
stipulating that the manradis should measure out oil for the
sandhya-dipam and provide for the procession of Sribali.
No. 171
(Page No 113)
(A. R. No. 160 of 1909.)
Sangramanallur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District
Slab built into the floor in front of the same
mandapa.
Vira-Narayanadeva: Year 10=1148-49 A. D.
This is a fragmentary inscription. It records the
name of the ruler and the regnal year and mentions Pandi-man [alam].
No. 198
(Page No 129)
(A. R. No. 186 of 1909.)
Avanashi, Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same
wall.
Rajakesari-Konerinmaikondan: (Viranarayana) : Year
2, 46th day =1140-44 A. D.
This inscription records a grant of the village of
Tanavasi alias Viracholanallur in Kitpa-nadu, made by the king,
on the occasion of his coronation, to the goddess
Perunkarunaichchelviyar of the Tirukkamakottam in the temple of
the god Avinasiyaludaiyar. The gift is stated to have been made to a
certain Madevandar. Also states that the taxes levied from the village
should be received by the servants of the goddess only and the kingâs
offerings like the samantas and others should not enter the
village. The record further states that in regard to the colonising of
the village, the above-mentioned made vandar would decide on the
families to be brought into the village, and that the inhabitants of the
village themselves should measure out oil. etc., in the office of the
goddessâs shrine.
No. 224
(Page No 146)
(A. R. No. 212 of
1909.)
Kannadiputtur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
In the same place
as above.
Vira-Narayanadeva
: Year 8[1]=1146-47
A. D.
This inscription records a gift of a
sandhya lamp to an Isvara temple (name lost) and a sandhya lamp to the
temple of Ammadesvara and two achchu of money (to provide oil for the
lamps) by a certain merchant named Kandan Andammai of kannadiputtur in
Karaivali-nadu.
No. 226
(Page No 147)
(A. R. No. 214 of 1909.)
Kannadiputtur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District Same wall.
Vira-Narayanadeva : Year 10=1148-49 A. D.
This inscription records the gift of two [achchu?]
of money for burning a sandhya lamp to the deity
Tiruv-Anantisvaramudaiyar, by a certain Virasolak-kulasekharapanman, a senapati of the king. It is stated that the amount was entrusted
to Karikalasola-bhattar who had the right of worship in the temple.
No. 227
(Page No 148)
(A. R. No. 215 of 1909.)
Kannadiputtur, Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore
District
West wall of the sameTemple.
Tribh Vira-narayanadeva : No date : 12th
century.
This
inscription is also damaged and the date portion is lost. It appears to
record a gift of money for burning two sandhya lamp in the temple
of Tiruv-Anantisvaramudaiyar in Kannadipputtur, by a certain
Ulagudaimukkokkilanadi, for his own merit.
Kulottungacholadeva
No. 183
(Page No 120)
(A. R. No. 172 of
1909)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Kulottunga-choladeva: Year 3+1st=1152-53 A.D.
This inscription records the gift of one
sandhya lamp to the deity Avinasi Aludaiyar and an endowment of some
Palanjalakai achchu to provide for burning the lamp by Marudanmalaiyan
alias Kulottungachola-Vikkiramadittadevan, a samanta (feudatory) of the
king.
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No. 184
(Page No 121)
(A. R. No. 173 of
1909)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Kulottunga-choladeva: Year 14 1st=1163-64 A.D.
This inscription is damaged in some
places. It records the gift of one sandhya lamp to the deity
Avinasiyandar and an endowment of one kalanju of pon to provide for
burning the lamp, by a certain Uyyavandan Avinasi alias Viratamittamalai,
probably a samanta (feudatory) of the king.
Vira-Chola
No. 123
(Page No 75)
(A. R. No. A.119 of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north base of
the karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Viracholadeva: year
20=1201-03 A. D.
It records the gift of land in
Virasolachaturvedimangalam in Virakeralavalanadu, as
tiruvilakkuppuram, by Kurangattu Sri-Krishnan of Sri-Kumarangavima-chaturvedimangalam,
a brahmadeya in Karaivali-nadu to the temple of Kariyapiran for
burning 16 lamps in the temple.
No. 124
(Page No 76)
(A. R. No. 120 of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north base
of the Karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Viracholadeva :
Year 20-1202-03 A. D.
This incomplete and damaged inscription
refers to several flower-gardens in Kumarangabhima-chaturvedimangalam,
named after Adhiradhirajan, Sadagopan, Devaki-putran, etc.
No. 125
(Page No 76)
(A. R. No. 120-A of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
Konerinmaikondan (Virachola)
:Year 4, 151st day=1186 A. D.
This damaged inscription dated in the
151st day of the 4th year of the king records an order of the king to
the residents of Kolumam granting of some land to the east of the tank
called Keralakesarippereri in Kolumam together with the incomes from
levies like irai, puravu, siddhayam, clavai, yugavai, etc., as
procession on the Amavasya days.
No. 133
(Page No 81)
(A. R. No. 125 of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north base
of the Karivaredaraja-perumal temple.
Konerinmaikondan
(Virachoola ?) :Year 1 [9]=1201-02 A. D.
This damaged inscription records the order
of the addressed to a temple servant (name lost) granting a piece of
land, together with irai, puravu siddhayam, elavai, ugavai, etc.,
situated on the eastern side of the big channel at . . . .
solanmadevunallur to the servant who performed worship in a temple (name
lost) for the merit of the king on the Ekadasi day in the bright half of
Maragali coinciding with the natal star of the king.
No. 141
(Page No 88)
(A. R. No 133 of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the west wall
of the Karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Konerinmaikondan
(Virachola) : Year 17=1199-1200 A. D.
This inscription, which is slightly
damaged, records the order of the king addressed to the Srivaishnavas
and the person in charge of Srikarya of the temple of Kariyapiran in
Kumarangabhimach-chaturvedimangalam in Karaivali-nadu granting lands in
a number of chaturvedimanagalas (names specified) together with elavai,
ugavai, etc., excluding kadamai, as puravirt-tiruvidaiyatam, evidently
to the god Kariyapiran. Agaram Adhiradhiradhich-chaturvedimanglam is
also mentioned.
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No. 145
(Page No 92)
(A. R. No. 137 of
1909.)
Sangaramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall
Konerinmaikondan
(Viracholadeva) :No date : e. 1183-1206 A. D.
This inscription records that the king
caused the construction of a temple and the installation in it of (the
linga) called Virachola-Isvaram-udaiyar after him, at Kolumam to mark
the occasion of the solar eclipse that occurred on the day of the
ruler's asterism of nativity. It further records the grant of the (right
of worship permanently) in the temple and other grants made by the king
to a certain Ejnamutti Mulasthanamudaiyan alias Kannabhattan.
No. 146
(Page No 93 )
(A. R. No. 138 of
1909.)
Sangaramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same Wall.
Konerinmaikondan
(Viracholadeva) :Year :23=1205-06 A. D.
This records a gift, made by the king, of
land and certain privileges to the architect named
Maniyan Kayilayam alias
Virachola-achariyan who built the temple of Viracholisvaram-udaiyar at
Koluman. It further records that the architect would arrange for the
setting up of the images (of the deities) in mental and stone in, and
for doing repairs to, the temple as well as for providing paintings in
the temple including the Tirunadaimaligai and the Tiruveduttukkatti.
No. 147
(Page No 94)
(A. R. No. 139 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Viracholadeva
:Year 21=1203-04 A. D.
This inscription is damaged. It appears to
record a gift of land in Viranarayana-chaturvedimangalam, a brahmadeya,
in Vaikavi-nadu, to the god Virachola-Isvaramudaiyar in Kolumam. One of
the boundaries of the land is stated to be
Cheranai-menkonda-cholan-peruvadi (road ?).
No. 149
(Page No 95)
(A. R. No. 141 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
Vira-choladeva
:Year 28=1210-11 A. D.
This inscription is damaged. It appears to
record a gift of land in the village of Viranarayana-chaturvedimangalam
in Virakerala-valanadu.Mentions Virakerala-mannarai and
Virakerala-vaykkal as well as a land belonging to a certain
Viranarayana-brahmarayan.
No. 150
(Page No 96)
(A. R. No. 142 of
1909.)
Sangramanllur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Vira-choladeva
:Year 2[1]=1203-04 A. D.
I records a gift of paddy made by a
certain Sirinayakan alias Virachola-Nulamban who was a member of the
temple executive committee to provide daily one ulakku of oil for a lamp
given by the same person to the temple of Viracholisvaram-udaiyar. In
this connective Kannadipputtur in Karaivali-nadu is enjoined to measure
out a certain quantity of paddy.
No. 152
(Page No 98)
(A. R. No. 144 of
1909.)
Sangramanllur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Parakesarivarman
alias Tribh Vira-Choladeva Year 21=1203-05 A. D.
It refers to the king as one who ruled the
two Kong8u countries as one. It records a gift of land in Palani in
Vaikavi-nadu to provide for food offerings to the god
Virachola-Isvaramudaiyar, made by Gandaradichchan-setti alias
Adiradirajakkandiyadevan, a samanta (feudatory) of the king. Among the
lands mentioned in connection with the boundaries of one of the gift
lands is one called Sivapadasekhara.
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No. 158 (Page No 103)
(A. R. No. 150 of 1909)
Sangramanllur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Parakesarivarman
alias Tribh Vira-choladeva : Year 21=1202-04 A.D.
This inscription
[2] is incomplete. It refers to
the king as one who ruled the two Kongu together, and records a gift of
land, made by the king, to provide for offerings to the god of
Viracholisvaramudaiyar who was set up and consecrated in Kolumam for the
merit of the king.
No. 163
(Page No 107)
(A. R. No. 155 of
1909)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Konerinmenkondan
: Vira-chola? : No date: accn. 1183 A.D.
This inscription is damaged slightly. It
registers the gift, made by the king of paddy in favour of the Pidari
temple of the ugachchar in the village (name lost) in Vaikavi-nadu and
the Kala-pidari temple of Karaivali-nadu, the gift being entrusted to a
certain Kannabhattan, a divakanmi of the temple of
Viracholisvaramudaiyar. It is stipulated that this person should render
certain services in lieu of the gift-paddy. It is attested by
Uttaramantiri.
No. 164
(Page No 107)
(A. R. No. 156 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Konerinmaikondan
: (Vira-chola) : No date : accn. 1183 A. D.
This inscription records the endorsement
of the king to the gift of land, made by Jayamgondasoli alias
Ulagudaiya-mukkokkilanadigal, the daughter of Viracholadeva who ruled
the two Kongus as one. The land appears to have been situated in a place
Lrajaraja . . . .in Karaivali-nadu. The gift is stated to have been
entrusted to one Kannabhattan, a servant in the temple of
Viracholisvaramudaiyar, and it was for doing certain services to the
deity Nittaninraduvar (i.e., Nataraja).
The record is signed by Uttaramantiri.
No. 187
(Page No 122)
(A. R. No. 176 of
1909.)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Vira-choladeva :
Year 4=c. 1186-87 A. D.
This inscription is incomplete. It seems
to record the gift of certain taxes to provide for certain services to
the god Avinasi Aludaiyar.
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[1] The year has been doubtfully read as [2nd in A. R.
S. I. E., 1909].
[2] The two other items included along with this in
A.R.S.I.E., 1909, are missing.
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