Temples in Sittur

Sittur is an obscure village in the Pudukkottai division (old Pudukkottai State) of the Tiruchy district.

According to the local inscriptions, the place is known as Sirraiyur, a brahmadeya in Kudalur nadu; and the deity of this temple is called Tiru-Agnisvarattu-Paramesvara.

The oldest inscription on this temple is one of the fourth year of a Rajakesarivarman who has to be identified with Gandaraditya. According to this inscription, a chief called Mahimalaya Irukkuvel alias Parantaka Vira Solan of Kodumbalur makes a gift of three veli of land for food offerings and for the maintenance of drummers during the Sribali ceremony. The same chief or his agent makes other gifts to the temples at Kudu-miyamalai and Nirpalani. While he was camping at Tirupparaitturai, he makes gifts to the deities at Palur and Allur.

So, the temple at Sittur should be considered a temple of the later period of Parantaka I and it should have been built anyhow before the fourth year of Gandar-aditya, Parantaka I’s successor.