A 368-year-old Thirumalai Sethupathi inscription has been found at Kattukudi near Thiruvadanai in Ramanathapuram district.
On the information given by
Dr.Palaniappan, the principal of the Government Arts and Science College,
Thiruvadanai, that there was an inscription at Kattukudi, V. Rajaguru, the
President of Ramanathapuram Archaeological Research Foundation with the help of
former panchayat president Sasikumar, estampaged and studied the inscription on
a stone pillar that had been broken into two pieces on the north-west of
Kaikolar pond. V. Rajaguru said,
The stone pillar, which is 66
inches long and 14 inches wide, has a trident at the top and an inscription of
24 lines below it. It is mentioned that the king Regunatha
Thirumalai Sethupathi as a virtue (punniyam) for him gave 50 kalam (measurement
of capacity) Viraipadu to Thiruvadanai Adanai Nayakar temple garden, in
the Saka Era 1579, in the Tamil year Yevilambi, in the month of Chithirai,
during the auspicious period of Shukravaram, Punarpoosam, and Shuklapaksham
Saptami.
The measurement of land required to
sow a specific amount of grain is called Viraipadu. Out of this, 50 kalam
Viraipadu required land for
sowing grains has been donated to the temple garden.
The king has ordered that this donation should be enjoyed as long as the Moon and the Sun are there. The inscription warns that the one who has destroyed this virtue would be considered to be committing the sin of killing a black cow on the bank of the Ganges.
In this inscription, the kalam
is mentioned by the symbol of ‘ள’. 50 Kalam is first written as Tamil number and
symbol, and then in writing. Its current Gregorian calendar year is 1657 AD.
Thus, he said.
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