# Perumpulivākkam, Akastīśvara temple, time of Vayiramēkavarman, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00351

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00351.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

See Nagaswamy 1970 (p. 28): “On a pillar of the front maṇḍapa of
Agastīśvara temple. The inscription dated in the 3rd regnal year of
Vairamēkavarman, refers to the gift of twenty kaḻañcus of gold, by one
Vicayanallūḻāṉ Kaṇṭaṉ, for burning a perpetual lamp in the Agastīśvara
temple of Perumpulippākkam and the villagers agreed to maintain the
endowment by supplying one uri of oil daily.”

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## Edition

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## Bibliography

Reported in Nagaswamy 1970 (Damilica 1, inscription n° 2 from
Perumpullivākkam) and in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 351).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

### Primary

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. Damilica 1. Madras: Tamil Nadu State Department
of Archaeology. Page 22 (Tamil section), page 28 (English section).

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 351,
page 750.