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.
