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Friday, November 17, 2017

Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane – Inscriptions

Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane – Inscriptions
An inscription in Tamil belonging to Dandi Varman (779-830) on a stone built into the floor at the entrance into the Garbhagriha of the Parthasarathy Swamy temple, a record in the twelfth year of the Pallava King Dandi Varma Maharaja. Records that the a certain Pugalthunai Visaiyaraiyan redeemed the field and arranged for the usual quantity of rice offerings every day. (This inscription corroborates the testimony of Thirumangai Alwars Pasuram attributing the foundation of the temple to the Thondai King (i.e) Pallava).
An inscription in Tamil on the north of the central shrine in same temple, a record of the Vijayanagara King Vira Venkatapathy Maharaja (Venkata I-1586-1614) refers to the king as seated on a jeweled throne at the city of Perum Kondai. Another inscription on the south base of the same shrine, a record of the Vijayanagara King Vira Venkatapathy Deva Maharaja I (1586-1616) refers to king as seated on a jeweled throne in the city of Perungondai and to the consecration of an Thirumazhisai Alwar and a gift of Twenty Varahas to this shrine.
An inscription in Telugu on the same base as above, a record of the Vijayanagara King Rangaraya Deva Maharaj I (1578-86) records the gift of the villages of Sembiam and Nidambaram (Nadumbarai) besides a garden by Thirumala Nayaningaru, the General of Ramaraja Venkatapathi Raju (Venkata I). Another inscription in Tamil on the north base of the same shrine, a mutilated record in the forty ninth year of the Pandya King Maravarman alias Tribuvana Chakravarthy Kulasekhara Deva.
An inscription in Tamil on the same base as above, a record of the Vijayanagara king Mahamandaleswara Veerappradaba Sadasivadeva maharaja records that a private individual built certain portions of the temple, namely shrines of Pallikonda Perumal, Krishna, Vedavalli Nachiyar, Thiruvaimozhi mandapam, the kitchen and the Prakara wall and set up many images and granted three villages. Another inscription in Tamil on the east north basis of the mandapam in front of the same shrine, a record of the Vijayanagara King Veerappradaba Vira Venkatapathi Deva Maharaja, (1586-1616).
An inscription in Tamil on a stone built the floor of the same mandapam, a fragmentary record of the Chola King Tribuvana Viradeva (Kulottunga III) can be seen. Another inscription in Tamil on another stone built into the same place, a fragmentary record in the twenty third year of the Chola King Rajaraja Deva can be seen. Four other similar fragments are built into this mandapa and many other portions of the temple.