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Kalugumalai
Kovilpatti
Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
Chidambaranār
On a stone lying near the Aiyanar temple
A.D. 9th-10th century characters
Tamil, Vatteluttu
of Kalakkuḍi
Records that Sattaǹkāļi mangalattuchchēri gifted 25 sheep for burning two perpetual lamps to the god, Bhatara, on the hill at Tirunechchugam. His disciple (aḍiyar) also gave 25 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple.
ARE, 19/1894, SII, Vol. V, No. 308.
The presiding deity is called 'Tirumalaimēlbhatarar' in this record.
