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: 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a), last modified 2026-05-06 08:34 (1bab47a).

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 and 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. and 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 and 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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