No.
691.
(A.R. No. 635 of 1904).
Ramagiri, Tiruvallur Taluk,
Chingleput District.
On the south wall of the
central shrine in the Valisvara temple.
Rajadhiraja II.
This inscription records the
gift of 3 lamps (i.e., 3 twilight lamps to the deity
Tirukkarikarai-udaiyar and one twilight lamp to Pillaiyar,
(i.e., Tirujnan-sambandar), by Siyanadiyan Kalisattakan
Adittadevan Nandipanman. Kari pillai, Andan and
Atkonda-pillai, were to maintain one lamp each.
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No.
373
(A.R.
No. 366 of 1917)
Tiruvandarkoyil, Pondycherry State
On the
south wall of the central shrine, Panchanadesvara temple
This is probably a record of
Uttama-Chola’s reign. It is damaged in places
and is also incomplete. It seems to record the grant,
to one
Pillai Sadasivan Narayana-Bhattan of Kilimadam in
Idaiyarrukkudi, of one share in the right of worship (with
its appurtenance in land but excluding the house) in the
temple of Tiruvarainakkankoyil-Paramasvami at
Tribhuvanamahadevi-chaturvedimangalam by alunganam
after purchasing two shares out of the eight (ashtakam)
accompanying the obligation (sasana bandha) from
Virasvami-Somasiyar of Idaiyarrukkudi residing at
Irushi-kesavachcheri (quarter) of the village, who had been
the owner of three shares in addition to two by purchase and
inheritance from his jnatis.
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No. 33
(Page No 26)
(A. R.
No. 33 of 1906)
Tanjavur
District, Mayuram Taluk, Tirukkadaiyur
Amritaghatesvara Temple-On The Same Wall
Tribh.
Rajarajadeva III – 21st Year (A.D. 1236-37)
This registers an agreement
among the adaippar and the kudimakkal of erukkattuchcheri
which is called a tirunandavilakkuppuram village of the
temple of kalakaladevar, that they would burn 3 lamps in the
temple from the 21st year on wards of the king in token of
their grateful appreciation of the help rendered to them by
Araiyan Aludaiyan [Nangura] Ivar of Sigar in Puliyurnadu a
division of arumolideva-valanadu. During his administration
as Pillai Kaikkanakkanar கணக்குப் பிள்ளை
he is said to have got them exemption from viniyogam
and attended to all their needs. Without stint and also
further restored to them after diligent search some charter
of privilege in original which had been granted to them in
the 13th year of ‘Periyadevar’and which he now passed
on to the palace through the village watchman as charter of
security to the village.
No. 449
(Page No 337)
(A. R.
No. 449 of 1907)
Sinnamanaur, Periyakulam Taluk, Madurai District
Lakshminarayana temple – on the same wall
Mar.
[Sundara]-Pandya I : year 11 : 1226-27 A.D.
This is a damaged fragment of
an inscription of Sundarapandya who presented the Chola
country. It seems to record some endowment made by
Sivallavan Tirunilakantan Tondaiman mentioned in No. 445
above for offerings to god Vanduvarapatippillai
(Krishna?) [- If this is made sure as
LORD KRISHNA then LORD KRISHNA is also a PILLAI meaning, he
is also a FOLLOWER OF SHIVA like PILLAIIAR -this is my
comment and other PILLAI castes] and the
goddess (Pirattiyar) in the Naduvil-tirumurran at
Arikesarinallur.
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No. 430
(Page No 327)
(A. R.
No. 430 of 1907)
Sinnamanaur, Periyakulam Taluk, Madurai District
Rajasimhesvara temple – on the same wall
Jat.
Vira-Pandya (I) : year 26 : 1278-79 A.D. (?)
This seems to record a similar
gift of an impost on certain articles of merchandise like
betal-nut, pepper and rice agreed to contributed by the
members of the community Padinenvishayattar of the four
nagaram for a festival in Margali in the temple of
Rajasimhesvaramudaiya-Nayanar at Arikesarinallur in
Ala-nadu. Mention is also made of a bazaar to the east of
Valangai-mikaman-tirumandapam built by (an officer)
Pandiyadaraiyar in the name of Pillai
Kulasekhara-Mahabali-Vanarayar
[வானவராயர்].
The members are stated to have met for their deliberation in
the temple of Vikramapandisvaramudaiya-Nayanar at
Sivallavan-padaividu.
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No. 163
(Page No 130)
(A. R.
No. 163 of 1907)
Peraiyur,
Tirumayam Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District
Naganathasvami temple – on the same wall of the same
mandapa
Mar.
Kulasekhara : year 22 : 1289-90 A.D.
This is an inscription of
Maravarman Kulasekharadeva ‘who was pleased to take every
country’. It registers the grant of Permanent lease of
tenancy of a land called the ‘Kadamban-Vayal’, measuring 256
kuli and belonging to the temple of
Tirunagisvaram-Udaiya-Nayanar at Tirupperaiyur a
devadana-brahmadeya village in Kananadu alias
Virudarajabhayankara-valanadu, to Venran
Tirumalapadi-Udaiyan Tirupperunduraippillai who was
holding the madapatyam of the temple, on an annual
rental (kadamai) to be paid by the lessee on a
mutually agreed basis according to the nature of the crop
raised. The lands is said to have been purchased from one
Rajaraja-Nadalvan of the arasu-makkal (ruling family
?)residing at Malaiyalangudi and the Mudalis of the place
which is called a padaipparru (army settlement).
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No. 598
(Page No 418)
(A. R.
No. 598 of 1907)
Nandaluru,
Rajampet Taluk, Cuddapah District
Saumyanatha
temple – on the same place, left side
This is dated in Saka 1172,
Saumya, Rishabha, ba. 15, Friday, Rohini corresponding to
A.D. 1249, May 14, Saka year being current on which day
there is stated to have been a solar eclipse. It records a
gift of all the tolls including the ‘maganmai’ dues leviable
at Nirandanur, for the expenses of the several festivals in
the temple of Sokkapperumal, by one Perumal-Pillai the
headman of Kaliyur and a toll officer, to secure the
well-being of Madurantaka Pottappichchola Gandagopalar alias
Manma-siddharasa. The record is incomplete.
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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. 200 (Page
No 131)
(A. R. No. 188
of 1909.)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
No king :
Pramoduta, Valkasi.
This incomplete inscription
records an order of the deity Adi-Chandesvara, granting the
right called tachchachariyakkani in the temple of Avinashi
Aludaiyanayanar, to two artisans named Udaiyan
Nayakapillai alias Alagiyasemachari of Tirumarudanturai
and Udaiyan alias Elukarainattu-achari, and enjoining upon
them to attend to the ten kinds of repairs in the temple in
lieu of the right given to them.
No. 206 (Page
No 135)
(A. R. No. 194
of 1909.)
Avanashi,
Avanashi Taluk, Coimbatore District Same wall.
No king:
Dundubhi, Adi 14.
This inscription records a
gift of 10 panam by Pillai alias Sirukkodukkan, a
Vellalan Kundeli of Adavur in Kuruppau-nadu, for a
sandhya lamp given by the donor to (the temple of) the deity
Avinasiyaludaiya-nayanar.
No. 308 (Page
No 196)
(A. R. No. 292
of-A of 1909)
Tirukkachchur,
Chingleput Talu, Chingleput District Same wall.
This is too fragmentary a
piece. However, it records a gift of a lamp (detail
lost) to the temple of the god.
Tiruvalakkoyiludaiya-naynar of the place (name) lost, but
evidently the same Tirukkachchur occurring in No. 306 etc.,
above, by a certain
Porudapillai alias Abhimana bhushanamanikkam, daughter of
Ariyapillai, a devaradiyal of the same temple. It
seems that the gift was accepted by Alvan......] alias
Kannayira-bhattan of Bharadvaja [gotra], who had right, of
worship in the temple.