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Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu
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On the wall of the south verandah in the first prakara of the Madhyasthanātha (Siva) temple.
Dynasty
Vijayanagar
King
Sāluva Narasimhadēva
Date
Saka 1393 (1471 A.D.)
Tamil
Language
and Script
Contents
It states that owing to the Oddiyangalabhai, worship in the Siva temples at Tiruppālaippandal and Paśūru, and the Jaina temples at Panaippādi and Ponparappu had ceased, and it was restored by the order of the king issued to his agent Annamarāśā.
This inscription is said to be a copy of those found at places like Tirukkoilūr, Nerkungam etc.
Reference
also part II, p. 103,
ARE, 416/1937–38, para, 65.
Remarks
Some of the temples in the villages around Tirukkoilūr are said to have suffered damage due to Oddiyan-galabai, i. e., attack of the Odda army. The Jaina temples at Panaippādi and Ponparappu which were affected by such an attack had been restored by the Sāluva king Narasimha.
