Ingest Bucket

Damaged at the end. Records that the worshipping priests, of Śrī Bhūtivinnagar- ālvāṛ temple at Koṭṭūr in Nenmali-nāḍu (a sub-division) of Arumolidēva-vaḷanāḍu, Nārāyaṇan, Karuṇākara Bhaṭṭaṉ, Kēśavan Nārāyaṇan, Keśuvan, and Tiruvikkiraman Kēśuva Bhaṭṭaṉ received 60 kalam of paddy from a certain Śivantirambi, a native of Tannirkunram and agreed to carry out certain endowment out of the interest of the paddy he donated. Other details are lost.

First line is built in. It seems to refer to the grant of quarter vēli of land, exempting taxes such as antarāyam, paṇḍaiveṭṭi and other taxes. The temple officials padipādamulappaṭṭuḍai pañchacharya-dēvarkanmika! are found mentioned. The temple accountant Koṭṭūr-uḍaiyāṉ Dēvān Kausikan figures as signatory.

Built in. This inscription refers to a common land that had remained fallow at Koṭṭūr in Neṇmali-nāḍu, a sub-division of Rājēndrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. Also refers to one thousand kalam of paddy, but the context in which it appears is not clear.

This record is in characters of the 16th century A.D. It states that during the rule of Anāṇḍārajar Saheb, the ūravar of Uvarichcheri and Tirumalait-dēvar agreed to grant a grove of ¾ vēli of land for conducting sacred bath to the god Koḻūṇḍiśurasvāmiyār at Koṭṭūr.

This inscription is in characters of the 16-17th century A.D. And it records the grant of tenvēli of land for the sacred bath of the god, Kolūṇḍiśura-svāmi at Koṭṭūr, by Raghunatha-Nāyakka. At the end it is stated that it is a charity of Senayakavalli Amman.

This inscription records that the ur body of Sattamaṅgalam, a dēvadāna village gave an undertaking to the authorities of the temple at Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi in Vandalaivelur-kūṟṟam in Rājēndrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. According to the agreement the ur assembly gave a piece of land as tirunāmattūkkāṇi to the temple and it was declared as tax free under the supervision of ur assembly (ur-kil-irai yili). The record also states that the ur assembly of Sattamaṅgalam, a pallichchandam village (the assembly managing matters pertaining to the Jaina temple) granted a tank called Murukankulam to the above temple. Among the boundaries of the tank, a highway leading to the Vinayaka-piḷḷaiyār shrine is mentioned. It is also stated that the boundaries of a land previously donated to this temple were excluded. The inscription records yet another grant of three mā of land as tirunamattükkāṇi for maintaining a flower garden and the land was also exempted from taxes under the tax-free management of ur. The local assemblies, both the dēvadānam and paḷḷichchandam of the village Sattamaṅgalam agreed to pay taxes kaḍamai, kuḍimai, veṭṭi, antarāyam and puravari on these lands. The temple accountant and the ir accountant, Pūṇḍi-uḍaiyāṉ Tuṟaiyaṉkalarimuṉaittiraṉ alias Sri Maheśvarapriyaṉ, Tiruturaināyāṉ alias Vandalainattu Muvendavelar, grandson of Sattamaṅgalam-uḍaiyāṉ, who represented the Jaina settlements of the village which gave up its claims on the tank Murukkankulam, and several others figure as signatories.

This inscriptions records the accountant of the village chōḻanmaruttinallürkkattalai, Arivalam-uḍaiyāṉ received an order from the annual committee (Samvatsaravariyam) of Srisuddhavallich-chaturvédimaṅgalam, a brahmadēyam in Purangarambainadu in Rājēndrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, which is stated to have commenced its functions from the month of Karkataka (June-July). The temple which is located at Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi, it is said, was bereft of water tank. Koṭṭūr-uḍaiyāṉ Kuttandan, a merchant of Kullottungachōḻa-pattinam bought a piece of land 1 mā and 1 mundrikai at chōḻanmarutinallur, got it tax free and excavated a tank. This land was classified under virivu category. Further the inscription mentions that there was no shelter for the god (when he was pleased to appear and bless) after his ablultion (in the tank), the same merchant bought two more pieces of land, three and half-a-ma in extent at chōḻanmaruttandanallür and granted to the temple as tirunamattukkāṇi. It is further stated that this land was adjacent to the said tank as its surface was uneven. The merchant levelled the ground and the tanattar petitioned that this land be declared as tax-free under the classification of maḍakku. The classification. of lands under various categories and exemption of taxes were also duly entered into the tax-register in the twelfth regnal year of the king (1228 A.D). Further on the orders of the sabhā the tax, velanveṭṭi was removed from the temple account and added to the liability of the sabhā. Taxes like kuḍimai and viniyogam were waived. Besides this, the temple authorities were permitted to plant coconut trees on the bank of the water-tank, wherein the maṇḍapa was situated. The accountant of the ur, Arivalam-uḍaiyāṉ, Soṭṭai Agnisan Bhaṭṭaṉ, Kuruvaséri Suriyadeva Bhaṭṭaṉ and many others figure as signatories.

Records the gift of 2060 kśāu which was deposited in the temple treasury, by Pallialvi, wife of Sattankuḍaiyāṉ Tiruchchiṟṟambalamudu-uḍaiyāṉ and her younger sister Tirumagaliyankondal, for burning two perpetual lamps before the deity. It is also stated that these lamps were to be burnt, out of the interest of the endowed amount.

In characters of the 12th century A.D. This inscription registers a gift of one thousand kaju by Kurukatti-uḍaiyāṉ Tirumākaḷam-uḍaiyāṉ Sambandan alias Majanapiriyan, the accountant of the village (ur-kanakku) Kulottungachōḻachaturvedimaṅgalam in Purankarambai-nāḍu, for burning a twilight lamp.

It records a gift of 1500 kāśu which was deposited in the temple treasury by a lady Tiruvudaiyal, for burning a twilight lamp before the deity Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār for the merit of her two sons, namely, Nandimanguḍaiyāṉ Periyanāyāṉ and Mannan of Iraiyamaṅgalam.

Beginning is damaged. This interesting record contains several scribal errors. Many words were wrongly written with either omission of required letters or letters which are redundant. The inscription records that two pontiffs (āṇḍār), Sivajfiana Sambāṇḍār and Hridayadēvar were present, when the pontiff, Tiruchchiṟṟambala-mudaliyar, arrived at Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi. Then the record mentions that the residents of Pūṇḍi (Tirutturappūṇḍi) and Mangalankilarkal requested the above pontiff to stay at Tirutturappūṇḍi and offered to construct a guhai (cave) and also to provide food (biksha) from their residences and for this purpose seventy kuli of land owned by the temple in the sannadhi -street was acquired. A cave was also constructed for his stay and necessary materials were provided. It is then recorded that the pontiff pleaded to make provision for providing food offerings to the piligrims (desandris) who would visit and stay in the matha, for which purpose Pūṇḍi-uḍaiyār gifted two mā of land which was made tax-free. This inscription then recounts that during the twenty-second regnal year of Periyadēvar ie, Kulottunga III (1200 A.D) a riot (guhai-idi kalakam) took place in which the cave with its materials was destroyed; but the pontiff (Tiruchchiṟṟambalam-uḍaiyār mudaliyar) who lived upto twentieth-fourth regnal year of (Kulottunga III ie, 1202 A.D) had already reached Sivalokam (died). Siva jfianamudaliyar and Hridayadēvar, the pontiffs of the matha, then occupied the two guai. Tiruttuṟai-nayagan of Pūṇḍi, Adittadēvān of Nedumanal, Nambiaruran of Nedumanal, Irunkari Bhaṭṭaṉ, son of Madéva Bhaṭṭaṉ and many others figure as signatories. (Published in JESI Vol. XVII (1991), pp. 29 ff.

This inscription records the approval of the members of the Annual executive committee (samatsaram grāma-kāriyam) of the village Kulottungachōḻachaturvedimaṅgalam in the Purangarambai-nāḍu (a sub-division of) Rājēndrachōḻavaḷanāḍu. The approval was for the assignment of half-a-kani of tax-free land (after maḍakku adjustment) to the god Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār, for providing food offerings during the midnight service (tiruvattasāmam) (called) the Muvayiravan-sandhi to the above god. It is also stated that all the expenses of the sabhā (sabhāvini yogam) were to be met out of the income of the land assigned. Further it is recorded that this arrangement was endorsed by two officials, Sattanur-uḍaiyāṉ Mahajanapiriyan, a village accountant and Kurukkatti-uḍaiyāṉ Mahajanapiriyan, a land revenue official (nilakkanakku) It is also mentioned that the land has been donated out of the lands owned by the temple (tirunāmattukkāṇi) and has been declared freed from taxes from the 17th regnal year of the king (1233 AD). Members of the executive committee such as Mahajanappiriyan, the village accountant, Kuravaseri Tiruvaranga Bhaṭṭaṉ, Irāyūr Soṭṭai Vishnu Bhaṭṭaṉ and many others figure as signatories.

This inscription records an order of kūṭṭuttaperumakkal and mahdajanas of Korramaṅgalam, a hamlet of Srisuttavallich-chaturvédimaṅgalam in Purankarambainadu (a sub-division) of Rājēndrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, to the accountant of the village,Bhattapiriyan. It mentions that for conducting the early morning service (tiruveḻichchi) of the god Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār, in lieu of the old land which had been utilized till now, a new land had been assigned. The land was of the stāṇḍārd (maḍakku) category and measure kil 3/8. Both the old and new lands are stated to have been originally tax-free (gerbanniya-dakshinai) meaning of this term is not clear) The newly assigned land was made free of all taxes except a revised antaraya-kasu ie, land dues on the lands owned by the temple (tirunamattukkṇāi). The village accountant Bhattapiriyan, Kēśava Bhaṭṭaṉ, Sigadai Tiruvaranga Bhaṭṭaṉ, Tulamanivédavi Kumara Bhaṭṭaṉ and several others figure as signatories.

Records the order of the members of the assembly of Siṅgaḷāntakanallūr, a hamlet in Srisuddavalli-chaturvédimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Purangarambai-nāḍu in Rājēndrasola-vaḷanāḍu. The order was issued to Damadavalli uḍaiyāṉ Maha janappiriyan, the accountant of the ūr instructing him to exempt taxes on 3/4vēli and 2 1/2 mā land in the same ūr purchased by Chettalur Mudalippiḷḷai of Sriviranarayanachaturvedimaṅgalam, a taniyur of Virudarajabhayankara-vaḷanāḍu, from the temple (tirunamattukkāṇi), inorder to provide food offerings, garlands and oil to the god Avuḍaiyār consecrated at the circumbalatory path (7 unadaimaligai) on the northern side of the first prākāra of Tirutturaināyāṉār temple. The total extent of the land and details of some adjustments regarding the effect on account of revised measure (maḍakku) are given. The accountant of the ir Damadavalli uḍaiyāṉ mahajanappiriyan and others figure as signatories.

This inscription records the order of the members of the annual committee of Srisuddamallich-charuppédimaṅgalam, a brahmadēsam in Purangarambai-nāḍu in Rājēndrasola-vaḷanāḍu, to a certain Aruvalam uḍaiyāṉ, an accountant of Maganaraikkavan solamarutinallür. The fanattar of the Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi uḍaiyār temple requested the members of the sabhā to grant a piece of land to the temple freed from taxes inorder to dig a tank for the temple. Accordingly the members of the sabhā bought one mā and a mūṇḍirigai of land from Rudrasanman and his parents as tirunamattukkāṇi. Details of some adjustments regarding the effect on account of revised measure (maḍakku) are given. The land so given was exempted from all the taxes from the 7th year of the king. The transaction was also entered into the land registered and revenue register. Kiḻaiyiluḍaiyāṉ Siraman Karpagappiriyan, the accountant and others members of the assembly figure as signatories.

The inscription states that the king issued an order to the temple staff, viz, devakanmi, Srimahesvarak-kaṇkāṇi and §rikari yam-Seivar at Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi in Vandalaivelur-kūṟṟam in Ra jendrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu confirming the tax-free status of ೨vēli and 18 mā of land at Sáttamaṅgalam in Vandalaivelur-kūṟṟam as devadanairaiyil owned by the temples (tirunamattukkāṇi) of 1. Mugattalai-Pannatarapanisvaram-uḍaiyār, 2. Tirukkodikulakar of Umbar-nāḍu, 3. Sonnavararivar of Korramaṅgalam, 4. Tiruidumbavanam-uḍaiyār of Danatongapuram, and 5. Umipatiévaram uḍaiyār of Kudapulam. This grant was for providing offerings. It appears that the earlier grant of 4 1/2vēli and odd of land which was granted as dēvadāna-iraiyili was changed into taxable one and shrank in extent and it was now exchanged for the above land. It is also recorded that all the taxes were waived and the land tax (kanikkadan) was fixed at 10:6 ie, sixty kalam of paddy pervēli for conducting the offerings. The inscription then gives the break-up of the allotment of land for various services in the above shrines. The king also ordered the revenue officials to issue a copy (ulvari) of the tax-arrangement. Rājēndrasinga-muvéndavelan, an official (tirumandira-olai ) and Sediyarayan, Kalingarayan and other officials figure as signatories.

This inscription records that an individual Bālaravayan, who served at Nalayiravantirumadam (situated) to the north of Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār temple, sold a matha at Selva Tiruvārūr on account of the shortage of space (sic). It further records that the amount realized from the sale was utilized as capital for the renovation of Mudaliyar-matham alias Netradēvar-matham. It further mentions that the above person bought three pieces of land to the extent of 4 mā, 3 kāṉi and half-a-kani, which were exempted from taxes by the uraravar as ur-kiḻ-iraiyili, for providing food offerings to the persons who rendered services at the maṭham. Pusalankuḍaiyāṉ, Arvala-nāḍu uḍaiyāṉ and several others figure as signatories.

This inscription records a gift of land, 3 mā, kāṉi in extent by Vantoṇḍa mudaliyār to the god Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi-udaiya-nāyāṉār as tirunamattukkāṇi. The nagarattar was pleased to exempt the land from taxes with the libation of water from the 18th regnal year and the transaction was engraved on stone. The accountant of the nagaram, Muttogai-uḍaiyāṉ and the accountant of the ur Iraiyakuḍaiyāṉ, figure as the signatories to this transaction.

This inscription records a gift of 3 mā and 3 kāṉi of land as tirunamattukkāṇi by Kilavan Nayagadēvān Periyanathadēvān of Kunralür in Iḍaiyar-nāḍu (a subdivision of) Ra jendrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu to the god Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār. It is stated that the donor bought this land, called pungan-Sey, situated at Ariyanarrar, from a person, Divakarappallavaraiyan and enjoyed it as his kani. The yield of the gifted land after remitting the tax was to be given for the anointment of the god. The donor and Amarapriyankaran, the accountant of the village Kunralur, the son of Tilailur-uḍaiyāṉ, figure as signatories.

Middle portion of the record is damaged. It records that a lady (name lost) deposited 4500 kāśu in the temple treasury for purchasing land from the temple at Tiruttuṟaippūṇḍi (tirunāmattukkāṇi) for feeding the wandering ascetics (desandri) daily with two nali of rice and vegetables. Srimahésvarappiriyan, the temple accountant (kōyiṟkanakku), Tiruchchiṟṟambala Bhaṭṭaṉ, the temple official (devakanmi), Villavadaraiyan, the temple servant ($rikāriyam) and a certain Siva jnanasambandan figure as signatories.

This incomplete inscription records the gift of 11 3/4 kaju 3 mā kāśu by Piḷḷaiāṇḍāl, the wife of uḍaiyāṉ Tirukārōṇam-uḍaiyāṉ (a resident) of Perumaṅgalam. This amount was deposited in the temple treasury for burning of nine lamps from the interest accrued thereon. These lamps were to be burnt from the commencement of the service, tiruppalli-eluchchi sandhi, till the early morning service next day. Provision of oil for the above lamps and rice for the food offerings to the god Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār was also to be met out from the same interest.

Records a gift of 3000 kāāśu deposited in the temple treasury by Umaiyāṇḍāl Sāṉi, the wife of Tiruchchiṟṟambalam-uḍaiyāṉ Bhaṭṭaṉ, a resident of Angarayaragaram in .Tundattur in Purangarambai-nāḍu, in order to burn a perpetual lamp to the god Tiruttuṟai-nāyāṉār. The lamp was to be burnt out of the interest accrued on the amount deposited.

It records that in a dispute between the ūrār and the temple authorities over a quartervēli of land, the ūrār of Chattamaṅgalam gave up their claims on the said land in favour of the temple at Tirutturaipūṇḍi in Vandalaivelur-kkūṟṟam in Rājēndrachōḻa-vaḷanāḍu. The temple authorities claimed that they bought this land in auction and ultimately the ūrār gave up their claims, and also made the land tax free and gave it to the temple. Pūṇḍi-uḍaiyāṉ Munaittāṉ Tiruttuṟai-nayagaṉ, Tiruchchiṟṟambalam-uḍaiyāṉ and several others figure as signatories.