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Articles: Literature | 1000 Year old Inscription - Prof. venkata ramanamurty mallajosyula
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The discovery was made in March last. In fact, the temple, originally called Raja Raja Vinnagar Alwar, has a surfeit of inscriptions in Tamil. They belong to the Chola dynasty. The earliest of these inscriptions belong to the reign of Chola Rajendra I (1012 -1044 A.D.). The inscription was issued by the Chola king Rajadhi Raja I (A.D. 1018 - 1054) in the 25th year of his reign. It records the gift of land by a chieftain named Raja Narayana Muvenda Velaan during the period of Rajadhi Raja I for the maintenance of a Vishnu temple at a village called Singapuram which is in the nearby town of Gingee.i
The inscription says that the chieftain sat in the entrance hall ('thirumutram' ) of the temple at Ennayiram and announced the gift of land for the Singapuram temple. The village assembly ('oor vaariya perumakkal') was present then. The inscription mentions the gift of land by the chieftain, but it was issued in the name of the king.
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