Indian Antiquary Vol 40

Author(s): Richard Carnac Temple, Devadatta Ramkrishna Bhandarkar
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 149

MAY, 1911.]
KOYILOLUGU
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God Alagiyamanavala was removed by way of Jyotishkudi where they kept it for one month, Tirumaliruðjólai near Madura where it was kept for one year, Kolikkodu in the Malayalam country where it was kept for one year and whither several deities from other parts of the country had also been removed, Tirukkaņâmbai, Punganûr, Tirunarayanapuram (i.e. Mêlakote) where it was kept for a long time and finally to the hill at Tiruvèngadam (i.e. Tirupati). In the last place it was wor shipped for several years until Saka 1293.
It is worth while to note hore what Dr. Burnell says about the advent of the Muhammadans in Southern India. "About the year A. D. 1911 (Nelson says A. D. 1324, but does not give his reasons) the Musalmans ander Malik Kafur conquered Madura and held the country for 48 years. Kampaņa-Udaiyar and his successors conquered and held both the Pandya and the Chola countries till towards the end of the century when gradually the whole of the South of India fell under the sovereignty of Vijayanagar (A. D. 1370) "23. Though Malik Kafur's invasion of the Dekhan took place about A. D. 1310-11, yet it is reasonable to suppose that some time elapsed before the Musalmans could go so far south as Madura or Trichinopoly. Mr. Nelson's view that the Muhammadans entered Madura about A.D. 1324 seems to get some support from Kóyilolugu which places the event at A. D. 1327. Dr. Burnell's statement that about A. D. 1870 the whole of Southern India fell under the sovereignty of Vijayanagar is completely borne out by . the book ander reference which assigns the reconsecration of god Alagiyamanavâļa in the Srirangam Temple to Saka 1293.
Vijayanagara Kings. Köyilolugu records that, by the influence of Vidyaraṇya, the city of Ânaigondi, where the Râyas had established a dynasty, grew in importance. This statement is completely in accordance with the stone inscriptions. The first great sovereign of the Vijayanagara dynasty who added greatly to the dominions was Harihara I (Saka 1261-1271). In his reign flourished the highly learned Vidyaranya also known by the name of Vidyâtirtha and Bharatitirtha Sripada, who in a Tecord at Sringeri is said to have been greatly instrumental in founding the dynasty. This inscription registers that in order to celebrate the victorious establishment of his empire from the eastern to the western Ocean, Haribara with his five brothers made a grant of nine villages to the matha at Sringeri in Saka 1268, Parthiva.
Continning, the book relates that during the reign of Harihara II, Tondai-mandalam was conquered. One of the officers, of this king named Goppaņa-Udaiyar who was residing at Senjt (in the South Arcot District) visited Tirupati to worship the god and under orders from the lord et Chandragiri he went and resided with him for some time. Goppaņa then removed the image of Alsgiyamanavâlâ from Tirumalai (i. e. Tirapati) to Singapuram near Señji. He marched against the Muhammadans with a strong force and defeated them completely. In Saka-samvat 1293, the Paridhavi-samvatsara, on the 17th solar day of the month of Vaisakha, Goppana brought back the image of Perumal to Srirangam and reconsecrated the god and his consort (N&chchiyár). He engraved on the outer portion of the east side of the temple wall (built by Dharmavarman) the following verse:
grafirar foto (published in Ep. Ind., Vol. VII). Goppaņa-Udaiyar also granted to Uttamanambi for the benefit of the temple, 52 villages, the income from which amounted to 17,000 gold pieces. A certain Guņdu Saluvaiya who accompanied Goppaņa to Srfrangam cast in bell-metal the plate of the flag-staff and set it in place of the gold one which the Muhammadans had destroyed. At the instance of prince ViruppaņņaUdaiyar, son of king Harihara II, Uttamatambi built a tuld purusha-mandapa to the east of the
25 Mz. Sewell's List of Ant. YoL I. p. 284.