The Indian Analyst

 

RAMNAD DISTRICT.
PARAMAGUDI TALUK

 

 

 

 

 

291

Iḷaiyāṅgudi.─ South wall, mahāmaṇḍ-apa, Rājēndrachōḷīśvara temple.

Pāṇḍya

Jaṭāvarman Tribhuvanachakravartin
Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva.

11th year, Chittirai
23.

Do.

States that the tānattār of the temple of  Rājēndrachōḷīśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyanār situated in Indirāvatāranallūr alias Vaḍavallattirukkai-Iḷāṅguḍi agreed to burn  a perpetual lamp
before the god in lieu of 110 paṇam received by them as endowment from Marudiḍamgoṇḍān-Śīgāḷivēndan. It is stated that the amount was utilised by the tānattār for the purpose of restoring to the god some ornaments which they had earlier in the 10th regnal year (i.e., the previous year) sold and utilised the proceeds to tide over a famine (kshāmam).

292

Tier of the south wall, Amman shrine, same temple.

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Tribhuvanachakravartin

….

Do.

Stops abruptly after the mention of the title. It characters of  about the 14th century.

293

Tier of the north wall, same shrine

….

….

….

Do.

States that this (evidently the Amman shrine) was the benefaction (tiruppaṇi) of Kāliṅgarāyan.

294

Pillar, dhvajamaṇḍapa, Rājēndrachōḷīśvara temple.

Pāṇḍya

Jatāvarman Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kulaśēkharadēva.

1 + 2nd year

Do.

Registers the gift of one of land free of taxes in the village of Pariyēṛuśēvakanallūr by Kaṇḍan Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōlan aliasMāḷavarāyan to god Mummuḍiśōḷa-Īśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyanār of Vadavallattirukkai-Iḷāṅguḍi alias lndirāvatāranallūr.

295

Right and left jambs of the entrance,
mahāmaṇḍapa, Rājēndrachōḷīśvara
temple.

Do.

Māravarman Tribhuvanachakravartin
Sundara-Pāṇḍyadēva ‘who was pleased to take Śōṇāḍu and perform the anointment of victors at Muḍi-
goṇḍaśōḷapuram.

20th year

Do.

States that the assembly (ūr) of. Vaḍavallattirukkai- Iḷāṅguḍi alias Indirāvatāranallūr remitted the tax …viniyōga-achchcu.. amounting to 4½  achchu on certain lands belonging to god Rājēndrachōḷīśvaramuḍaiya Nāyanār. It is stated that this amount of 4½ achchu was formerly obtained by the assembly from the bhandāram (i.e. temple treasury) in  order to pay the levy imposed on the residents of Iḷāṅguḍi towards the blackmail to be paid to the Hoysaḷa general Mahāpradhāni Bhōga-Daṇḍanāyaka for immunity against his plundering raids. 

296

Pillar I, mahāmaṇḍapa, same temple

Do.

Jaṭāvarman Tribhuvanachakravartin
Vīra-Pāṇḍyadēva.

6th year

Do.

Damaged at the end. Seems to register a gift of land made by Pāṇḍippirān Sīgāli Pāṇḍiyan for meeting the expenses of offerings and worship to the images of Aḷagiya Nāyanār and consort set up by him in the temple of Rājēndrachōlīś varam-uḍaiyār at Vaḍāvallattirukkai Iḷāṅguḍi alias Indirā vatāranallūr

297

Pillar II, same place

….

….

….

Do.

Damaged. Seems to mention a gift of land made to god Rājēndrachōḷīśvaramuḍaiyār by an individual (name lost).

298

Pillar III, do.

….

….

….

Do.

States that Ālvān Gaṅgainārāyaṇa-chaturvedigaḷ made certain additional structures in the temple and granted some lands as maḍappura-iraiyili to the temple for the feeding of tapasvins.

299

Pillar IV, do

Pāṇḍya

Kulaśēkharadēva

[11] + [3rd] year

Do.

Records that Kaṇḍan Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōlan alias Māḷavarāyan and Ediriliśōlan Poyyāmoli alias Māḷavarāyan granted some lands to god Rājēndrachōḷīśvaramuḍaiyār.

300

Pillar V, do

Do.

Do.

13 + [11]th year

Do.

Registers the grant of a piece of land as dammadagam (dharmadāsam) free of taxes to god Mumuḍāśōla-īśvaramuḍaiya Nāyanār of Iḷāṅguḍi alias Indirāvatāranallūr by Nārāyaṇa chaturvēdi.




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