Table II. Cholisvaram (with circular sikhara)

II. Cholisvaram (with circular sikhara)
(or Vadavayil Srikoyil)^[1] of Avani-Kandarpa-Isvaragriham of Kilaiyur
(Northern Shrine)

Inscription series: 383 of 1924
Where found:                       (a) South Wall
Name of the king:                 Rajakesarivarman
Regnal Year of the ruler:      6th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Gandaraditya
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of money for burning a perpetual lamp in the northern shrine.

Inscription series: 382 of 1924
Where found:                       (a) South Wall
Name of the king:                 Rajakesarivarman
Regnal Year of the ruler:      9th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Rajaraja I
Gist of the inscriptions:        An undertaking by the temple servants to burn a perpetual lamp in the northern shrine in lieu of the money received from a resident of Avani-Kandarpa-puram.

Inscription series: 382 of 1924
Where found:                       (a) South Wall
Name of the king:                 Parakesarivarman
Regnal Year of the ruler:      13th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Uttama Chola
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of an image of Ganapati, a pedestal and a gold-flower by the temple manager Navalurudaiyan Kandan Tevadi to the temple with the permission of Adigal Paluvettaraiyan Kandan Sundara Solan.

Inscription series: 389 of 1924
Where found:                       (a) South Wall
Name of the king:                Madiraikonda Parakesarivarman (i.e., Parantaka I)
Regnal Year of the ruler:      24th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Parantaka I (Cf. 380)
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of three forehead plates of gold, collected from many sources, by Kamakkodanar. Also an undertaking by the temple servants to burn two perpetual lamps in the temple out of the money realised from several sources in the 26th year of the king for which 180 sheep were purchased.

Inscription series: 380 of 1924
Where found:                       South wall
Name of the king:                Madiraikonda Parakesarivarman
Regnal Year of the ruler:      26th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Parantaka I
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of reclaimed land for a perpetual lamp.

Inscription series: 379 of 1924 SII. XIX no. 308
Where found:                       South wall
Name of the king:                Parakesarivarman Uttama Choladeva
Regnal Year of the ruler:      12th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Uttama Chola
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the northern shrine of the temple of Mahadeva at A vani-Kandarpa-Isvaragriham, a devadana of Mannu-Perumpaluvur in Kunrak-Kurram.

Inscription series: 387 of 1924
Where found:                       (b) North wall
Name of the king:                Rajakesarivarman
Regnal Year of the ruler:      17th Year
Authorship attributable to:   ?
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of money for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple by Virasola Anukkan Kunavan Dharanivallabhan.

Inscription series: 386 of 1924
Where found:                       (b) North wall
Name of the king:                Madiraikonda Parakesarivarman
Regnal Year of the ruler:      40th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Parantaka I
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of reclaimed land for a perpetual lamp.

Inscription series: 385 of 1924
Where found:                       (b) North wall
Name of the king:                Rajaraja Kesarivarman (alias Rajarajadeva; Tirumagalpola introduction)
Regnal Year of the ruler:      27th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Rajaraja I
Gist of the inscriptions:        At the request of the queen Nakkan Panchavan Mahadevi, the daughter of Avani-Kandarpa-purattu devanar of Paluvur, to provide for offerings and worship in the temple, the king granted the additional income of paddy due on some lands which were surveyed and assessed (excepting the devadana lands of Urangudi).

Inscription series: 384 of 1924
Where found:                       (c) East wall
Name of the king:                Rajaraja Kesarivarman (“who destroyed the ships at Salai”)
Regnal Year of the ruler:      11th Year
Authorship attributable to:   Rajaraja I
Gist of the inscriptions:        Gift of land for a perpetual lamp.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

This expression means: The northern shrine. But it is wrongly translated by the Government Epigraphist as “the shrine of Mahadeva on the northern gate” (S.I.I. XIII,The Cholas, No. 154).There is neither a southern nor a northern gate at all in this temple. It has only one gateway on the western side.