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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00824

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00824.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [śubha](m astu?)

śrī-vēṅkaṭapati-tēva-mahārāyā [4×] […] [3×] pūrvvapakṣat=tu
cataiya-naṭṣatrat=tu catuṟ(tt/t)eciyum maṅkaḷa-vārat=tu ṉāḷ

ceya(ṅ)-ko(ṇ) [ca. 8+] rāja [ca. 8+] ⟨2⟩ [4×] 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 [3+] vaṟkkattuk=ku teṟku vēkavati Āṟṟuk=ku
vaṭakku kāra [3+] ⟨3⟩ [1+] 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.