Aragalur

14. Chola Inscription, Talutalai, District Perambalur

This inscription (pi. 89), engraved on a stone slab setup in front of a ruined Kailasanatha Temple is in Tamil language and characters. It belongs to the sixth regnal year (AD 1024) of Chola king Rajadhirajadevar and refers to the installation of images of gods Chandrasekhara, Kuttadundevar (Nataraja) and the goddess Nachiyar in the temple of Talutalai for the merit of Magadai-nadalvar alias Sembai Nayagan by one Aragalur Velan ilan Nayagapperumal. It further states that he made a gift of land for providing food offerings and buring sandhi lamps to the above deities and to god Ganapati.