An inscription celebrating the victory of the Kulottunga Chola III over the Pandyas was among new inscriptions copied from the Sri Chakrapani Swamy Temple in Kumbakonam by a team of scholars led by M. Nalini, Chief Epigraphist of Dr. M. Rajamanikkanar Centre for Historical Research, Tiruchi, recently. The inscription belongs to the 11th regnal year of the king, the epigraphist has said.
According to another inscription belonging to the later Chola period, Ovatha Koothan, probably the temple dancer, installed the bronze icon of Palliyarai Nachchiyar. Kilavan Valen had gifted a piece of land to perform the services to the deity.
Two more inscriptions were copied from the mandapam in front of the main sanctum. The one on the east wall refers to a gift of Saluva Thirumalai Devamaharaja, probably a chieftain of Vijayanagar period. Records of his donations to the Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam suggests his period as 15th Century C.E.
The second inscription carved on the north wall identifies a male devotee depicted nearby as Petthappa Nayakka, son of Muttala Krishnaraya Nayakkar, and says that the devotee submits himself to the sacred feet of Chakkratthazhvar through his daily services.
