Saint-Paul de la Réunion, temple of Subrahmaṇya author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis Darlini Canabady Moutien DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10002

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 2019-2026 DHARMAbase Inscriptions on two stone-slabs on the gopura recording in French and in Tamil the construction of the gopura in 1888.

Tamil script. No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. One instance of puḷḷi.

The project DHARMA has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement no 809994).

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1st slab

PYRAMIDE BATIE AS • AYASSAMY & Co 1888

2nd slab

Inta kōpuram ye • cu Ayyācāmi kampeṉiyār tarumam·

1st slab

Pyramid built by A. S. Ayassamy & Co.

1888.

2nd slab

This gopura is a pious donation tarumamSanskrit dharma. of/by Ye. Cu. Ayyācāmi Piḷḷai and company kampeṉiyārLiterally: those in his company..

The blocks are (in 2025) on the top of the compound wall on both sides of the gopura. Old pictures show that they were originally on the gopura itself and moved from there when renovation took place in 2004.

This edition by Emmanuel Francis and Darlini Canabady Moutien, based on autopsy (2025) and photos (E. Francis, 2025).