# Ettiyattali, Agastyēśvara temple, no king, no year

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv39p0i0130

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII39_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv39p0i0130.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46
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## Summary

it states that the image of Tiruvātavūr-tampirāṉār was set up by the
merchant group nālu nagarattār.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ Ik-kōyiliṟ tiruvātavūr-tam⟨2⟩pirāṉār nālu-nakarattār taṉmam [1+]

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ [The image of] Tiruvātavūr-tampirāṉār (i.e., Māṇikkavācakar) in
this temple was a donation by the four merchant guilds (nakarattār).

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/C/1916/130).

First edited in Karuppiah 2020 (SII 39.130).

This edition by Renato Dávalos (2026), based on Karuppiah 2020.

### Primary

[SII] Karuppiah, K. 2020. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIX:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1916. South Indian Inscriptions
39. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page
154, item 130.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1915–16. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy.
Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant
Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the
year 1915-1916. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1916. Page 76,
item 130, appendixes C/1915-1916.