This record dated in the 9th year opposite to the 4th year of king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ is important in that it contains a few astronomical details of its date, which are capable of verification, namely, Vṛiśchika, Monday, Aśvati. These have been calculated to yield the English equivalent—A.D. 824, November 7, Monday,Ep. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 51. The details also work correctly for A.D. 874, November 22, for Varaguṇaof accession A.D. 868.kaḻañju of gold by the king, left in the hands of Aṇḍanāṭṭu-vēḷāṉ, for burning two perpetual lamps in the temple of Tiruvāṉaikkaṟ-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ.
The rock-cut cave at Tiruveḷḷaṟai contains a Śiva-liṅga in the main cell, herein called Tiruvāṉaikkaṟ-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ, and an image of Vishṇu in an adjoining cell. The rock-cut cave-temple may date from the time of the late Pallavas, as records of Dantivarmaṉ and Nandivarmaṉ are found engraved on the rock in front of the cave and in the village.
svasti śrī
vataṟ ketir Oṉpatāvatu vṛścika ñāIṟṟu ti
ṅkaṭkiḻamai peṟṟa Aśvati mutalāka tevatāṉanti
ruveḷḷaṟait tiruvāṉaikkaṟ perumāṉaṭika
ḷukku pāṇṭi mārācarāIṉa komārañcaṭai
yaṉ yiraṇṭu nontāviḷakkiravum paka
lu merikka Aṇṭanāṭṭu veḷāṉ kaiy
yil viṭutta poṉ nūṟṟirupatiṉ kaḻa
ñcu Ippoṉ mutal keṭāmai poliyāl
māIṉom mulaparuṭaiyom