Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of Veṅkaṭapati Deva Mahārāja, year lost

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the western base of the mahāmaṇḍapa, to the right of the temple entrance.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00824.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00824.xml.

Version: 2026-08-14 13:24 (69e3379), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [śubha](m astu?) śrī-vēṅkaṭapati-tēva-mahārāyā [****] […] [***] pūrvvapakṣat=tu cataiya-naṭṣatrat=tu catuṟ(tt/t)eciyum maṅkaḷa-vārat=tu ṉāḷ ceya(ṅ)-ko(ṇ) [********] rāja [********]

⟨2⟩ [****] ta nayiṉār kōyil śrī-paṇṭārattārum śrī-kāriyam ceyyum tirumala tātācāriya(r) Ayya […] kā_cāriyar-āna Etutira-rāmanuja-jīyar kayiṅkariyam-āka samaṟpitta y-ivv-em-perumāṉ Ellai [***] vaṟkkattuk=ku teṟku vēkavati Āṟṟuk=ku vaṭakku kāra [***]

⟨3⟩ [*] yil ṉām pōṭivicca tiru-t-tōppu tiru-veḻkā nayiṉār kōyil kayiṅkariyattukku samaṟ⟨pi?⟩tte […]

Commentary

There is a big gap in the inscription due to the later insertion of stairs.

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE 1920–21.

Edited in Vicayavēṇukōpal & Irāmacāmi 2024 and Vijayavenugopal et al. 2026.

This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).

Primary

[V1] Vicayavēṇukōpal, Kō. & Nā. Irāmacāmi. 2024. kāñcipuram coṉṉa vaṇṇam ceyta perumāḷ koyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Putucēri: Pirañcu Āciyaviyal Āyvakam. Pages 39–40, item 24.

[V2] Vijayavenugopal, G., N. Babu Ramaswamy & Vigneshwaran Muralidaran. 2026. Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple inscriptions, Kāñcīpuram. Heidelberg: Heidelberg Asian Studies Publishing. Pages 73–75, item 24.

Secondary

ARIE 1920–21. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. No place, 1921.

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