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                <title>Kāñcipuram, Coṉṉa Vaṇṇam Ceyta Perumāḷ temple, time of Veṅkaṭapati Deva Mahārāja, year lost</title>
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                        <name>G. Vijayavenugopal</name>
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                        <forename>Emmanuel</forename>
                        <surname>Francis</surname>
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                            <p>On the western base of the <foreign>mahāmaṇḍapa</foreign>, to the right of the temple entrance.</p>
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                <p>There is a big gap in the inscription due to the later insertion of stairs.</p>
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                 <p>Not reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1920-1921"/></bibl>.</p>
                                
                <p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vicayavenukopal+Iramacami2024_01"/></bibl> and <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vijayavenugopal+al2026_01"/></bibl>.</p>
                
                <p>This revised digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (Babu N. Ramaswamy, 2024).</p>
                
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