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South Arcot District
No. 417
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Chittamur
Gingee
South Arcot
347
On a slab called Sanyasikal set up in the village.
Nayak
Vaiyappa Krishnappa Nayaka
Saka 1503 (1581 A.D.)
Tamil
Registers the grant of the village Siggamür in Udaikkaḍunaḍu, a subdivision of Tiruvadi-rajyam in Valudilampaṭṭu-sävaḍi of Tirumunaippadi-naḍu, for the sacred bath and offerings to the god Chidambaresvara by Bommaiyapillai as the gift of VaiyappaKrishnappa Nāyaka.
ARE, 68/1935-36.
It is interesting to note that the Jaina village Chittämür had been granted to the Naṭarāja temple at Chidambaram, when VaiyappaKrishnappa Nayaka was ruling over the Gingee region as the agent of the Vijayanagar kings. In all probablity, the gift of the village here refers to the lands other than those of the Jaina temple.
See, A. Ekambaranathan, The History of Chittamur, pp. 67-68.
