Vṛiddhāchalēśvara temple, gōpuram, right of entrance.
Vēṅkaṭapatidēva-māhāraya (II) Śaka 1545, Rudhirōdgāri, Vaiyāśi 3, Ṛishabha śu. 12, Attam,-1623 A.D. May 1, Thursday.
Records that for the merit of (dhanmamāga) Veṅgappa-nāyakkarayyaṉ of Śeñji in Aṉṉāḍu alias Veṇbār-nāḍu in Karikālavaḷanāḍu in Magadha-maṇḍalam and the nāṭṭavar of that nāḍu, Lingā-raḍḍiyār son of Vallakōḷ Eṟamu-raḍḍiyār, born of Dhanañjēya-Paṇḍakulam had the images of Paḻamalai-nātha-svāmiyār and Periyammai-nāchchiyār and the images for festivals (of deities from Vighnēśvara to Chaṇḍēśvaran) consecreted through the agengy of Piḻai-poṟutta-gurukkaḷ. He further constructed (renovated ?) the various structures like (garbha-griham) aṟddha-maṇḍapam etc. in Vridāchalam alias Veṇgaṉūr, made over the right for the worship as apportioned in a thirty-day cycle and management of the same (śīvattu viśa-kkottu) to (the same ?) Piḻai-poṟutta-gurukkaḷ described (in this context) as the son of Āpatt-uttāruṇa-pperumāḷ of Arāśare-gōtram, Bōdhāyana-sūtram. (His father was probably the paṇḍitar of Ñāna-sikhāmaṇi-Tiru-Anantīśvarar of Tiruttōṉipuram) and the authority of (?) of Veḷḷaṅ-gottu (?) to (his own son ?) Aṇṇāmalai-raḍḍiyār stated to have been the (son of Vallakōl Lingā-raḍḍiyār of Paṇḍa-kulam and (kshiti-pāla-gōttiram).
Probably the last mentioned (i.e.) Aṇṇāmalai-reḍḍiyār was also given the authority of supervision over the work of Piḻaipoṟuta-gurukkaḷ as also control over the poṟ-bhaṇḍāram (gold store house)
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