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Articles: Literature | 1000 Year old Inscription
- Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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Dr.T.Satyamurthy, Superintending Archaeologist, ASI, Chennai circle, said Ennayiram was a flourishing educational centre during the Chola period. It had a university for teaching the Vedas. For instance, inscriptions record that there were 25 pupils ('ketpar')learning the 'Vyakarana', 35 learning 'Prabhakara' , etc. There were 10 professors to teach the Vedas. The teachers who taught the Rupavatara received three 'kuruni' of paddy a day.
The name 'Ennayiram' has an interesting etymology. In Tamil, it means 'eight thousand'. According to local belief, 8,000 Jainas were executed here. The Tamil poet, Kalamegam, famous for his puns, belonged to Ennayiram. The temple was in ruins when the ASI took up its conservation less than two years ago. A team led by G. Saravanan, conservation assistant, ASI, Mamallapuram, has restored the 'vimana' which had collapsed. Even a tree had grown over the vimana. The team has restored the cloistered 'mantapa' to its original beauty. While removing the floor of the entrance hall, the ASI also discovered a well with utensils lying in it.
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