# SII 13.228: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 228. (A.R. No. 202 of 1925.) TALACHCHAṄGĀḌU,
MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
NĀNMADIYA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0228

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0228.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The stones of this inscription are built out of order. This records an
endowment for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śrī Madhurai Ādivarāhar
at Talaichchaṅgāḍu by Ayyaṉ Kēśuvaṉ, a merchant of Kollam in Malai-nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājakesarivarmaṟkku yāṇṭu paṉ(ṉi)raṇṭāvatu ⟨2⟩
talaiccaṅkāṭṭu śrīmadhurai Ādivarāharkku malaināṭṭuk [2+] keṇik kollattu
viyāpāri ⟨3⟩ Ayyaṉ kecuvaṉ vaitta tirunontāviḷa(kku) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.228 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with
introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian
Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 123, item
228.