On the outer base of the south wall of the mandapa in front of the same shrine.
This records an endowment of 19 veli and odd of land for feeing 56 Brahmans in the temple, by Gangan Ambalavan Gandaradittan alias Mummudisola-Vilupparaiyan of Kuvalalam in Ganga Six thousand (territory), who belonged to the perundaram of the king, and by two others for the merit of the former. Of this land 12 veli is said to have been purchased from a certain . . . . . . . . Sarvisara Trinetra Dasapuriya Bhattan who had himself purchased it from Uttama- Chola. The record seems to belong to Rajaraja I.
We have been talking alot on this Udayarkudi inscription.
Kudavoil Dr. Balu has reproduced these inscriptions. ASI has not published yet.
I think those who are fond of Ponniyinselvan must read this inscription - because AMARAR KALKI very cleverly avoided mention of Udayarkudi @ Kaatumannarkoil - even though the THOUGH to tell this Story started here! - about 55 yrs back!
This inscription needs to be read carefully : Notice who is buying the land, who is selling, from whom the seller got the land, why the king himself sold a land he owned.... Earlier mail copied for ease of reading
Well if you ask me this is very fishy.. looks like Uttama was covering his tracks right? He happens to sell it to someone, who just happens to sell it to this Bhattan who then just happens to endow it to feeding some Brahmins (who were probably the clan that Ravidasan and gang belonged to). If that is not a smoking gun, I wonder what is! :-)
Hi friends In ponniyin selvan uttama chola was depicted as innocent , if anyone have time please take a look over a book called 'udayar' by Balakumaran.It is like a continuation to the PS. Its true that Kalki has done a gr8 job and he is uncomparable with anyone,but balakumaran has written about the daily challenges a real king faces in his life.And also he has mentioned the strain the king took to build his Big Temple in Tanjore. The book is 5 parts and the 6thr part hasnt been publish yet.(I ve gr8 respect for kalki and im not comparing kalki with anyone)
Pls don't bring Stories , while discussing History, to discuss history we need evidence, talk on inscriptions and pls don't bring stories, we can give a big list of false informations given in u r referred story, if u inscrptions reference pls refer