# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Vīrarājendra, year 6

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00036

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00036.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

It records the construction of the temple and the consecration of the
kṣetrapāla by Āṭavalla Nampi, who also gave a quarter of wetland from
the neighbouring village for a sacred lamp and food offerings.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

vīra-rāj(e)ndra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār nal=la-nāya[ṉa]r kōyililē koṭumpuṉavan= tēva⟨3⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Aṭavallā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩= nam[pi]ye¡n!⟨ṉ⟩= nal=la-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āṟ-k(u)
kṣet⟨4⟩[tra]-(pāla)-p p[i]ḷḷaiyāṉ (E)ḻuntar¿u?⟨i⟩(vi)ttu-k k(ōyilu)[m
eṭup]pi⟨5⟩⟨t⟩tu-t tiru-v-amutu-paṭikkun= tiruviḷakkukkum
Aivar-pu(tu)[k]kuṭiyi⟨6⟩(l) v-iṭ=ṭa na¿n?⟨ñ⟩ce⟨y⟩ nilaṅ kāl

Itu Ivv-ūr koṭumpuṉa(va)¡n!⟨ñ⟩ ci⟨7⟩ṅka(n)=tēvar ciriya malaiyamāṉum
paṭaiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ceyaṅ [ko]ṇṭa⟨8⟩[malaiyamāṉum
tēvan=tirucciṟṟampala-malaiyamāṉum][1] ⟨9⟩ [Amattai]-(kū)vāṉum
paṭiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nāṭaṉum uḷḷiṭ=ṭa koṭumpuṉa(va) Ū⟨10⟩rōm [piḷ]ḷaiyar
śrī-pātattē nīr vārttu kallu veṭ=ṭi[vi]⟨11⟩ṭ=ṭōm (I)vv-aṉaivōm

Itumāṟu vānta(nu/ṅ)kaḷ ammaikku-[t] ⟨12⟩ tā[ṉ]ē [ma]ṇavāḷa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

vallavaraiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cat=tiyam

can=tirātit=ta(va)(ṟ/l) ⟨13⟩ [ṟ paṉma](h)[e](śvara-rakṣai)

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Sixth year of king Vīrarājendra.[2]

⟨2–6⟩ I, Koṭumpuṉavantēvaṉ Aṭavallaṉ Nampi, have set up the guardian
deity (kṣetrapāla piḷḷai) for the god Nalla-nāyaṉār of Nallūr, built the
shrine (kōyilum eṭuppitu), and endowed a quarter of wet-land in
Aivarputukkuṭi[3] for the sacred lamp (tiruviḷakku) and for the food
offering (tiruvamutu paṭi) in the temple of the Lord Nalla-nāyaṉār.

⟨6–11⟩ This (itu), in this village (ivvūr), We, the residents of
Koṭumpuṉavam,[4]

- Koṭumpuṉavaṉ Ciṅkantēvar Ciriya Malaiyamāṉ,

- Paṭaiyaṉ Ceyaṅkoṇṭa Malaiyamāṉ,

- Tēvan Tirucciṟṟampala Malaiyamāṉ,

- Amattai Kūvāṉ, and

- Paṭiyaṉ Nāṭaṉ,

had it engraved after we, such people (ivv-aṉaivōm), poured water on the
holy feet of the deity (piḷḷai).

⟨11–12⟩ Whoever alters this (itu māṟuvāṉ) will become the husband of his
own mother (ammaikku tāṉē).[5]

⟨12⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the oath (cattiyam) of Vallavaraiyaṉ.

This will be under the protection of the Śaiva devotees as long as the
sun and the moon remain.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/150).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy
(2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024)

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939–43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the
years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu & N.
Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 92, item 150,
appendixes B/1940-1941.

[1] Line 8 is covered by cement. Reading from ASI transcript

[2] Kulottuṅga III Cōḻa.

[3] Aivatukuṭi is an adjacent village that is situated to the north of
Nallūr.

[4] We have not been able to identify the village referred to in this
record. However, some 30 km east, also on the Manimuktha river, lies the
present-day village of Koṭumaṉūr, a possible candidate for Koṭumpuṉavan.

[5] Same imprecation appears in INSTamilNadu00031.