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(INSCRIPTION COLLECTED
DURING THE YEAR 1908-09)
RULERS OF KONGU
virarajendradeva
No. 109
(Page No 68)
(A. R. No. 106 of 1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk Coimbatore District
On the west wall of the
Kasi-Visvanatha temple.
[Vi]rarajendradeva
: Year 20=1226-27 A.D.
This inscription, of which the beginnings
of all the lines are lost, records a gift of one achchu of money
by Solan Ilankesvaradevan to the temple of Tiruvalandurai-udaiyar at
Tiruvalandurai in Karaivali-nadu, for the decoration (tiru-melpuchchu)
of the idol.
No. 110
(Page No 69)
(A. R. No. 107 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udulaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the south wall
of the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva
: Year 15=4=1225-26 A.D.
This damaged inscription records a sale of
land by Amattan-Kari Ilankaiman, a manradi of Irattaiyanpadi in
Vaikavi-nadu to Tambiran-tolan an ascetic of the Tirunirittan-tirumadam,
situated in the tirumadai-vilagam of the temple of Aludaiyar
Muttirattisiramudaiyar at Kolumam in Karaivali-nadu.
No. 115
(Page No 71)
(A. R. No. 111-A
of 1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north wall
of the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva
: Year 15=1221-22 A.D.
This fragmentary record mentions the matha
Tirunir[ittan] situated inâ¦â¦â¦.ram-udaiyar tirumadai-vilaga, evidently
the same as that which is mentioned in No. 100 above.
No. 117
(Page No 72)
(A. R. No. 113 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north wall
of the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva
: c. 1207-52
This fragmentary inscription of which the
date portion is lost, mentions Para-tiriyan Alaga[n] of Pullamangalam,
Tambiran-tolan, an ascetic, and Brahmade[sa] in Vaikavi-nadu.
No. 118
(Page No 72)
(A. R. No. 114 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Uduamalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north wall
of the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Konerinmaikondan
(Virarajendradeva) : Year 21, 82nd day=1227-28 A.D.
This inscription dated in the 82nd day of
the 21st year of the king records the order granting 16 nali of rice
daily for food offerings to god Aruvaraiattatta-Pillaiyar, set up at
Kolumam by some people (name not clear).
No. 119
(Page No 73)
(A. R. No. 115 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the north wall
of the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva:
Year 10=1216 A.D.
This damaged inscription records a grant
of land in Kannadipputtur to a matha (name not clear) in the
Adirajendran-tirumadai-vilagam in Kolumam by Gangan-solan
Anukkappallavaraiyan alias Anukkanambi of Elsilur in Karaivali-nadu.
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No. 120
(Page No 73)
(A. R. No. 116 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the bali-pitha
in the Venkatesa-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva
: Year 23=1229-30 A.D.
This fragmentary inscription mentions the
god Adiya-solisvaram-udaiyar and a certain
Iyakkatimincheya-pallavaraiyan.
No.121
(Page No 74)
(A. R. No. 117 of
19090
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District In the same place.
Virarajendradeva:
c. 1007-50 A. D.
This fragmentary inscription, of which the
date portion is lost, probably records a grant of 12 achahu of money by
a person or persons (name not preserved) for the decoration (tiru-melpuchchu),
evidently of a deity (name not preserved).
No.122
(Page No 74)
(A. R. No. 118 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore Distrct
On the north base
of the Karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Konerinmaikondan
(virarajendradeva) : Year [3]=1009-10 A. D.
This inscription records the royal order
addressed to Anantanarayana-bhattan alias Tiruvalikku-adiyan of
Alagar-Tirumalai in Pandi-mandalam informing the grant of land, for the
merit of the king., to the matha of the servants, engaged in burning
lamps, of the temple of Alagar-Tirumalai by Sena . . . . narayanan,
Alavandi alias Brahmapallavaraiyan of Sri-Viranarayana-chaturvedimangalam,
a brahmadeya in Virakerala-valanadu.
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. 134
(Page No 81)
(A. R. No. 126 of
1909.0
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the west and
south bases of the Karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Konerinmaikondan
(Virarajendra ?) :Year 22=1228-29 A. D. (?)
It records the order of the king addressed
to the servants of the temple pf Kariyapiran assigning the paddy due as
svamibhoga I to the Brahmavhchakravartis, the priests in the (various)
temples (tirumurram) in all the three districts, viz. Vaigavi-nadu,
Karaivali-nadu and Virakerala-valanadu and the dakshina given to the
Brahmachchakravartis in the temple pf Kariyapiran on such occasions as
festivals foe food offerings to god Singapperumal (i.e., Narasimha) set
up in the temple by the Brahmachchakravartis.
No. 135
(Page No 82)
(A. R. No. 127 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the west and
south bases of the Karivaradarja-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva
:Year 20=1226-27 A. D.
This inscription records the gift of land
by the Brahmachchakravartti Srivallabham Sundarabahu-bhatta-somayaji of
Bharadvaja gatra, belonging to pullur, for food offerings to the god
Singapperumal (i. e., Narasimha) set up in the temple of Kariyapiran by
him.
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No. 136
(Page No 83)
(A. R. No. 128 of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipter Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the south base
of the Karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Konerinmaikondan-Vararajendradeva :e. 1207-57 A. D.
This inscription records the royal order,
addressed to who individuals informing them of the gift of land to
Narana-dasan of Vankurugur for maintaining a flower-garden dedicated to
the god Emberuman Vedanayaka-perumal of Tirunarayanapuram for the merit
of the king.
No. 137
(Page No 84)
(A. R. No. 129 of
1909)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimatore District
On the south base
of the Karivaradaraja-perumal temle.
Konerinmaikondan
(Virarajendra) e. 1207-52 A. D.
This inscription records an order of the
king addressed to the Sri-V aishnavar and the temple servants of
Tiruvaranga in Solamandalam granting lands situated in the parru
belonging to the sabha of Kovanputtur alias Virakeralanallur in
Perur-nadu for food offerings daily and on special occasions to the god
Alagiyamanavala-peruaml.
No. 138
(Page No 85)
(A. R. No. 130 of
1909.)
Komaralingam,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
On the south base
of the Karivarqadaraja-perumal temple.
Konerinmailkondan
(Virarajendra) : (e. 1207-52A. D.)
This incomplete inscription records an
order of the king addressed to the Nagara-dasa of Vankurugur granting
lands in Parutikulach-chaturvedimangalam situated to the east of the
tank at Kolumam in Karaivali-nadu for maintaining a flower-garden named
after the king dedicated by Jananathabrahmadhirayan to the god
Vedanayaka-perumal, for the merit of the king.
No. 143
(Page No 89)
(A. R. No. 135 of
1909.)
Komaralingan,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
North wall of the
Karivaradaraja-perumal temple.
Virarajendradeva
:Year 25=Saka. 1153:1231-32 A. D.
This inscription dated in the 60th day of
the 25th year of the records his order granting a land called
Pannirukulavan situated in the village of
Ulagudaiyapirattich-chaturvedimangalam in Rajaraja-valanadu which was
separated from karaivali-nadu for food offerings to the ten Alvars in
the temple of the god Alagar (in the standing pose) at Tirumalirunjolai
in Kil Iraniyamutta-nadu, a sub-division of Pandiomandalam, during the
Virarajendran-sandhi named after the king.
No. 144
(Page No 91)
(A. R. No. 136 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
South wall of the
central shrine in the Cholesvara temple.
Virarajendradeva
:Year 45=1251-52 A. D.
This inscription records the setting up of
(an image of ) Aludaiyar Nittaninraduvar (i. e., Nataraja) in place of
the old one, probably damaged during the war of the northerners, of the
temple of Aludaiyar Virachohsvaram-udaiyar at Kolumum (i. e.,
Sangramanallur) in Karaivali-nadu, by a certain Alavandan Avinasi alias
Kachchiyarayan. It also records his gift of lands, to provide for
offerings to the same deity, at Kadarruralias Irasarasanallur in
Karaivali-nadu, purchased for certain specified amounts of money, in
avanach-yakki-palanchalagai coins.
No.151
(Page No 96)
(A. R. No. 143 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerinmaikondan Virarajendradeva : No date: e. 1207-52 A. D.
It is incomplete and damaged. It refers to
the devastation caused to Karaivali-nadu during the kingâs invasion and
to the damages done to the temples in a number of places (in the nadu).
It records the gift made by the king of the village Irattaiyanpadi in
Vaikavi-nadu as a devadana to a number of temple including the temple of
Viracholisvaram-udaiyar, etc., probably of Kolumam, the temple of
Tirumarududaiyar of Kadarrur, etc., It is stated that this gift excludes
the devadanas, tiruvidaiyattam and manradu already existing in the
village and that the existing tenants would continue there and no tenant
from another village should be allowed to be tenant here.
No. 156
(Page No 101)
(A. R. No. 148 of
1909.)
Sangamanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerinmaikondan : Virarajendradeva : Year 25=1231-32 A. D.
This inscription is incomplete at the end.
It records a gift of paddy, made by the king. To provide food daily for
three ascetics (tapassiyar) of the Tiruttondattogaiyan-matham in the
Viracholan-tirumadaivilagam of the temple of Viracholisvaram-udaiyar in
Kolumam. It is stipulated that one tapassiyar would chant the Tirumurai
and offer worship to the deity and another would attend to the
preparation of the bed-chamber of the deity. The work allotted to the
third tapassiyar is not clear.
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No. 157
(Page No 102)
(A. R. No. 149 of
1909)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbore District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerinmaikondan Virarajendra : Year 15+1+1=1223-24 A.D.
This inscription is incomplete and
damaged. It records a gift of paddy, made by the king, to a private
individual named Kandan Adiyan alias Valavinan Udaiyan, in the village
of Kallapuram alias Virasolanallur, a devadana of the god
Viracholisvaramudaiyar. It appears that this done was enjoined to
render certain services to the god Viracholisvaramudaiyar.
No. 159
(Page No 103)
(A. R. No. 151 of
1909)
Sangramangallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
South base of the
mandapa in front of the same shrine.
Konerinmaikondan
(Virarajendra) : Year 13=1219-20 A.D.
This inscription contains an order of the
king addressed to the servants etc., of the temple of
Viracholisvaramudaiyar in Kolumam recording a gift of paddy, made by the
king, to the deity Pillai Perumpillai Alvar for providing offerings on
the occasion of the durbar function of the deity held on the day of the
asterism Bharani in the month of Chittirai for the merit of the king.
It is attested by Vairadarayan.
No. 160
(Page No 104)
(A. R. No. 152 of
1909)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same base
Konerinmelkondan
(Virarajendra ?) : Year 16=1222-23 A.D.
This inscription is damaged in some
places. It records a gift made by the king of the village of
Umaparamesvarinallur in Kavadikka-nadu as devadana together with its
existing tenants, to the goddess in the temple of
Viracholayis-varamudaiyar. It is stipulated that the various taxes,
paid in the form of kalanjus (gold coins) by the tenants of the gift
village, should be paid as the villages of the devadana Devanpadi did.
It is further stated that the taxes should revived and remitted to the
temple treasury by the temple tanattars (trustees) and not by the members
of the temple executive council.
It is attested by
Virarajendra-Piramap-Pallavaraiyan.
No. 175
(Page No 115)
(A. R. No. 164 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
North wall of the
same shrine.
Tribh
Konerinmaikondan (Virarajendra) : Year 29, 98th day=1235-36 A. D.
This inscription records a gift of land,
made by the king, to provide for food offerings and other services to
the deity Chokkanar represented by an asrayalinga set up by a certain
Tillaivinayakan in the temple of Viracholisvaramudaiyar at Kolumam. The
gift-land is stated to be situated in the village
Ulagudaippiratti-chaturvvedimangalam in Karaivali-nadu. The signatories
were Villavadaraiyan and Tondaiman.
No.176
(Page No 116)
(A. R. No. 165 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Konerinmalkondan : (Virarajendra?) : Year 29, 98th day=1235-36 A. D. (?)
This inscription is a copy of No. 175
above, addressed to tanattar (trustees) of the
Viracholisvaramudaiya-nayanar of Kolumam.
No. 177
(Page No 117)
(A. R. No. 166 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
Slab set up in
front of the central shrine in the same temple.
No King ; (Virarajendra)
: Vilambi, Ani 3=May 29, 1238 A. D.
This is a late record. It registers the
gift of the six villages, viz., Viracholapuram, Irrattayampadi,
Mulaikkallapuram, Sinnakkalaimari, Melaikkannadipputtur and Teni in
favour of (the deity) Nittiyappar, by Andaperumalayyan, the agent of a
certain [.]shamanappa-nayakkar-ayyan. The record was written by
Chidambaranathan on the orders of Sevandinatha-pillai, the temple
accountant.
No. 178
(Page No 117)
(A. R. No. 167 of
1909.)
Sangramanallur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
Door-post of the
gopura of the same temple.
No. King : (Virarajendra)
: No date : e. 1207-52 A. D.
This inscription records that the soldiers
must protect the temple of Virachola-isvaramudaiyar, its gopuram and its
premises.
No. 181
(Page No 119)
(A. R. No. 170 of
1909)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District
South wall of the
central shrine in the temple of Avanasisvara
Virarajendradeva
: Year 21=1227-28 A.D.
This inscription records the endowment of
three salakai of Sriyakki achchu with the temple to provide for
food-offerings during one sandki to the deity Kshetrapalappillaiyar by a
certain Virapperumal Edirilaldan, a Pillai of the king.
No. 182
(Page No 120)
(A. R. No. 171 of
1909)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Rajekesarivarman
alias Tribh Virarajendradeva: Year 15=1221-22 A.D.
This inscription is incomplete. It
records the undertaking given by a certain[.....] Avinasi alias
Sikaliyan of Kasyapa-gotra, a Sivabrahmana having a right in the temple,
to burn 32 sandhyadipas in the temple with the oil endowed during his
grandfatherâs time as well as oil and other things endowed now. Also
records the undertaking given probably by the same person to feed
ascetics during the midday worship in the temple. With the help of the
amount of ten kalanju of god endowed by Arrurudaiyan
Tiruppurampiyamudaiyan.
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N0. 185
(Page No 121)
(A. R. No. 174 of
1909)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District
North wall of the
same shrine.
Virarajendradeva
: Year 17, Masi=c. 1223-24 A. D.
A portion of this inscription is lost. It
records the gift of one hundred achchu (coins) to provide for
food-offerings (probably to the deity Avinasi Aludaiyar), by a person
(name lost). It mentions a certain brahmana named Sivallan.
No. 186
(Page No 122)
(A. R. No. 175 of
1909.)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Konerinmaikondan
Virarajendra : No. date :c. 1207-52 A. D.
This inscription records an order of the
addressed to the servants of the deity Aludaiyar, granting the village
of Papparpundi alias Virarajendranallur in Vadaparisara-nadu, as a
devadana to the temple. It is stated that the village was made habitable
then.
No. 190.
(Page No 123)
(A. R. No. 178 of
1909.)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District
A pillar of the
verandah round the same shrine.
Tribh
Virarajendradeva : Year 29=1235-36 A. D.
This inscription records a gift of land
made by a certain merchant named Maraudanmudali alias
Vanikachakkaravartti of Muttam alias Amarabhuyankaranallur in Peru-nadu
to provide for food-offerings to the deity Avinasi Aludaiyar Kuttaduvar.
No. 204
(Page No 134)
(A. R. No. 192 of
1909.)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Virarajendradeva : Year 28=1234-35 A. D.
This inscription records an endowment of
14 Palanjalakai achchu in the temple of Avinasiyaludaiyar, by the prince
Nachchinarkkiniyar alias Kandiyadevar, for oil for bathing the image of
the god Avinasiyaludaiyar and of the goddess Perunkarunaichchelviyar of
the Tirukkamakkottam on Saturdays and also for giving to the people
suffering from diseases. It is stipulated that the servants of deity, on
receipt of the endowment, should measure out every Saturday the
specified quantity of oil at the shrine of the goddess.
No. 228
(Page No 148)
(A. R. No. 216 of
1909.)
Kannadiputtur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Virarajendeadeva
: Date lost : e. 13th century.
This inscription is damaged and incomplete
and the date portion is lost.
It seems to record some gift made by a
certain Virarajendra-Anittirap-pallavaraiyan to the image of
Dakshinamurtti set up by some manradis and priests.
No. 229
(Page No 149)
(A. R. No. 217 of
1909.)
Kannadiputtur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall as above.
Tribh
Virarajendradeva : Year 18=1224-25 A. D.
This inscription seems to have been
damaged and some passages are missing. It appears to record some gift to
the god Vinayakappillaiyar in the temple of Tiruv-Anantisvaramudaiyar,
by a certain person (name lost) who was a senapati of the king.
No. 233
(Page No 151)
(A. R. No. 221 of
1909.)
Kannadipttur,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
East wall of the
Selva-Vinayaka temple in the village.
Virarajendradeva
: No date : (13th century).
This fragmentary inscription seems to
record a gift of 3 kasu to provide for food-offerings. Other details are
lost.
No. 235
(Page No 152 )
(A. R. No. 223 of
1909)
Solamadfvi,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District
In the same place
as above.
Virarajendradeva
: Year 15=1221-22 A. D.
This inscription is much damaged. It
records a gift of land in Solanmadevinallur in Karaivali-nadu made by a
certain individual named Siraimittaperumal to the same god figuring in
No. 234 above, for the festival conducted on the Tiruvadiral days in the
month of Margali and for conducting the procession of the image on those
days. Amongst the boundaries of the gift-land is mentioned a land
belonging to the deity Konguvilanka-isvaramudaiyar of Kadirrur given to
it by Jayangondasoladevar.
No. 245
(Page No 158)
(A. R. No. 233 of
1909.)
Solamadevi,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Virarajendradeva
: Year 29+1st =1236-37 A. D.
This inscription is damaged and
incomplete. It seems to record a gift of land, and mentions
Solamadevinallur in Karaivali-nadu.
No. 246
(Page No 158)
(A. R. No. 234 of
1909.)
Solamadevi,
Udumalaipet Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
Tribh
Virarajendradeva : Year 29=1235-36 A. D.
This inscription records a gift of a grove
by Perumal alias Perumaltolan to the Melaittirumatham (the holy
monastery on the western side) of the temple of
Kulasekhara-Isvaramudaiyar in the village (name omitted). It is stated
that the gift was intended for a lamp and for providing vegetable dishes
on the said matham.
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