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Kanyakumari District
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Viļavańkōḍu
Kanyakumari
On a rock to the south of the Bhagavati temple.
Kollam 425 (1250 A.D.)
Tamil
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Records that one Nārāyaṇa.. Tamilappallavaraiyan of Rajavallapuram in Kilvēmbanāḍu gave some money for the expenses of the Bhagavati temple at Tiruchcharaṇam.
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TAS., Vol. I, p. 194.
The name of the goddess (Yakshi) is referred to in this record as Bhagavati. The central shrine accommodating the image of Bhattariyar (Yakshi) is believed to have been converted into a Hindu temple in later times. At present the image is plastercoated.
A. Ekambaranathan, "Jainism in Kanyakumari District", Journal of the Madras University, 1976, pp. 3-4.
