Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, no king, no year

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr), Margherita Trento (matr).

Summary: Installation of a statue of Turkkai (Sanskrit Durgā), most probably that of the adjacent niche.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-11-18 17:37 (b6137c6), last modified 2025-11-18 15:59 (123f4ab).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī It-turk⌈-
⟨2⟩ kaiyā¡ṟ!ai Eḻunt-aruḷavi-
⟨3⟩ ttān vaikā-v-uṭaiy-
⟨4⟩ ān ce¡nn!i nalla nāka⌈-
⟨5⟩ vēḷāṉ

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–5⟩ He who had this Turkkaiyār (turkkai-y-ār-ai¹) installed is Vaikāvuṭaiyāṉ Ceṉṉi Nalla Nākavēḷāṉ

Commentary

In 2024 we noticed that the middle portion of the inscription was covered by a later construction.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/142).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, and Margherita Trento, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), and ASI transcript. ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.

Secondary

ARIE 1939-43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 91, item 142, appendixes B/1940-1941.

Notes

1. Sanskrit Durgā.

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