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126
Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
No. 182
Village
Chitaral
Taluk
Viļavaňkodu
District
Kanyākumari
Findspot
On the four faces of a pillar now built into the steps of the kitchen in the Bhagavati temple.
Dynasty
King
Date
Kollam 548 (1373 A.D.)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
Fragmentary. Records that a certain Nārāyaṇan Kāļikan alias Dharmachețținayinār of the city of Tirukkūçakkarai, made certain arrangements by which the temple authorities were obliged to do some duties in the temple of Bhagavati at Tiruchchāraṇattumalai. In default of which they were subjected to fines etc., payable to the king and the duty of cleaning the mahamaņdapa and kitchen of the temple and of supplying turmeric for the drattu festival shall be left, as of old, with the female line of Dhanmasettinayinār.
