Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Other Interesting Sites, Sittannavasal

Other Interesting Sites, Sittannavasal
Along the western base of the hill, and beneath the central and southern parts of it, lies a stone and brick temple of Siva in ruins, and shrines to Ayyanar, Pidari, and other village deities. From this one may infer that there must have been a village close to the hill on the site now covered by the dry fields.


There is a Trigonometrical Survey station on the central rock, at a height of 700 feet.


The Pandyan’s Inscription
The 17 line inscription of Ilan Gautaman, who is hailed as the acharya from Madurai, is in Tamil verse and is found on the southern flank of the cave temple.
This 9th century inscription is inscribed during the reign of the Pandya King Srimaran srivallabhan also called Avanipasekhara (815-862 AD).
It reads as follows:
1. “Svasti Sri Tiruntiya perumpugal devadarisanat taruntava munivanaip porutselvan ara”
2. “(niki) la(r) nilaimai Ilan Gautamanenum valankelu Tirunagar Madirai Asiriyan A(vanai)pa”
3.   “r muludanda Pancavar Kula mudalar Keluvaivel Avanipasekaran Sirkelu sengor Siri Val”
4.        “luvanuk kenrippalavun Kurikolinitavaion . . . tandavaniyattanpai Mudur”
5.  “Kadivalam perukkip Pannavar koil pangura cceyvit taranap perummik kolukkavi”
6.    “Rkum puranamalai poliyavongi anda (mi) i….. vilakkir kamanan kaniyun ca”
7. “tti vayakkalun gunamigu Sirappin Kurittu …(melu)kku puramoru munrumavum valukkarava”
8.       “gaiyal valipaduvonuk karaikkaniyum amaiya nokki Annal vayil Arivar koin”
9.        “munnal Mandagan kallal niyarrik kandor marulun Kamaru viluccirul”
10.“loru puramba lolimiga p(pok)ki marru mellan kurra niki Adivendar”
11.“aranceyalakki nirii (niruvi) . . . masar a niriit Tiruverran ceypavai ne”
12.“dutu n(nu)ruma. . . viragamaittunidoli vilakki nnaippuramagena”
13.“idai vayalode(t). . . . kuriya vagaiya nadi nangamaittu valipaduvo”
14.“rku nilamu(m) maraikkalol iyavagaiyar kandanane. . . . (tik)kol”
15.“Kaippala gunattoney- Tinnilai verpa. . . irrenkanka . . .”
16.“npa… mi . . . manila – Sir Madirai Asiriyan Annal agamandaga”
17.“m pudukki ang Arivar koil Mukamandaga meduttan mum”