Rajaraja III (A.D.1218-1256 A.D.)

Rajaraja III (A. D. 1218-1256 A.D.) who succeeded Kulottunga III ruled with the title Rajaraja.^[1] He did considerable service to this temple. The importance given to Munnjur Adavalleswarar temple is attested his seven inscriptions. A Multilated record^[2] of Rajaraja III issued in his 2^ndregnal of (A.D. 1219) is found on the inner southern side of the outer wall of the Adavalleswarar temple.the epigraph states that a separate sub-shrine was built to Periya Vinayaga Pillaiyar^[3] sub-shrine on the prakara of the temple as a Parivara Devata.^[4] The record also registers food offerings to the Pillaiyar deity.

The second inscription^[5] of Rajaraja III (A.D.1218-1256 A.D.) is found on the east wall of the Muhamandapa in front of the central shrine in his 8^th regnal year (A.D.1225). It records that one Udaiya Nayakkan Orrikondon of Cheyyur Thittacherry Udaiyan^[6] which is 20 km from Munnjur registers a gift of certain amount of land which was purchased by Gold coins^[7] and the same land was entrusted to the Sabhaiyar of the temple. The record also mentions that the income from the land was used for procession of the Urchavamurthy on every new moon day.^[8]

The third inscription^[9] of Rajaraja III is issued in his 10^th regnal year (A.D.1227) on the south wall of the Mahamandapa of the central shrine it refers to a gift of four cows by one Surriya Devan Pallavan son of Kizhavan who belongs to Porur of the Puliur Kottom for burning the santhi^[10] lamp to the Presiding deity. From this it is clear that instead of land and gold coins the 4 cows^[11] also donated to the temple for burning the lamps.