# Veralūr, rock, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00454

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00454.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Construction of a tēvāram (temple?) at the order of Vasudēva Siddhānta
Bhaṭārar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

catu(r)vvi(ṁ)⟨2⟩śati-s¡t!⟨th⟩ā¡v!⟨p⟩aka-va⟨3⟩su-deva-siddh(ā)⟨4⟩n=ta-bhaṭārar⟨5⟩ceyvitta
⟨6⟩ devāraṁ

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨2–6⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the tēvāram (devāraṁ[1]) that Vasudēva Siddhānta
Bhaṭārar, the caturviṁśati-sthāpaka, had built.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1972–73 (ARIE/1972-1973/B/1972-1973/273).

Edited in Dayalan 2005, quite unreliable.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on an online photo
(Tnexplore, 2012) (accessed 2024-04-27).

### Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1314, item 77.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1972–73. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1972-73.
Edited by G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1983.
Page 64, appendixes B/1972-1973, item 273.

[1] That is, the temple? This term refers to a shrine according to ARIE
1972–73.