23rd December 2018.
This visit to this temple was a part of Vellore Heritage walk organized by the History Of Vellore. This is one of the Heritage structures / Temples exists on the Bagavathy Hills. The Hill is an abode for Jains and Hindus. The lesser known Kalki Bagavathy Amman and Bagavathy temple are on the top of the hill. The Hill has natural cave / rock shelters which are once occupied by the pre historic human beings and latter by the Jains. The Rock shelters bears the inscriptions in Tamil and Kannada. Rashtrakuda king Kannaradevan’s ( Krishna-III) period 10th Century Tamil inscription is inscribed on the back a rock inside a shelter. The 11 line inscription reads as..
- ஸ்வஸ்தி ஸ்ரீகன்னரதெவற்கு யாண்டு இருபத்தாறாவது
- படுவூர்க் கொட்டத்துப் பங்கள நாட்டு வடக்கில் வகைச்சூ
- தாடு பாறை மெல்ப் பன்னப்பை எடுப்பித்த
- பன்னப்பெஸ்வரத்துக்கு பொகமாக இந்நாட்டு வெலூ
- ர்பாடி எந்மகன் நுளம்பன் வீரசோழர் பக்கல்
- சூதாடுபாறைமலை அகப்பட தாரை அட்டுவித்துக் கொ
- ண்டு சந்தராதித்தருள்ளவும் உதகபூர்வஞ் செய்
- து குடுத்தென் நுளம்பன் திரிபுவனதீரனென்
- இதந்மம் ரஷித்தாரடி என் முடிமெலன் ஸ்ரீபல்ல
- வமுராரி இத்ந்மம் இறக்வான் கங்கை குமரியிடைசெ
- ய்தார் செய்த பாவங்கொள்வான்.
As per the inscription this Pannapeswarar Temple was built by a small Chieftain Pannapai under the Rashtrakuda King Kannaradevan’s ( Krishna-III) 26th year rule. This temple is on the “Soothadu paarai” at Bangala Nadu in Paduvur Kottam. The Village Velurpadi was gifted to this Temple. It was told that Present Vellore is that one mentioned in the inscription. But Some experts of the opinion that the present Velapadi at the base of the Hill, may be mentioned as Velurpadi and not the present Vellore.
PRESENT STATUS
Since this inscription is inscribed on the rock, it survived, but the fate of the temple is not known. Old structures of the temple like pillar and stone fragments are strewn around the top of the hill. Whether these fragments belongs to the temple is also not known. Near to the inscription there is a Temple called Sri Kalki Bagavathy Temple. In front of Amman there is a Rishabam. The rishabam seems to be unique and beautiful. The Rishabam is like molded from a metal. Looking at the design on the rishabam, it is awesome and may belongs to the old temple.
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Beautiful rishabam
Rashtrakuda king Kannaradevan's ( Krishna-III) 10th Century inscription
Kalki Bagavathy Sannadhi- Is this is the original Shiva Temple, where the rishabam in front
A Vinayagar bas-relief on the left side of the inscription
The pillar may belongs to old temple
Sri Kalki Bagavathy temple in front is the rishabam
---OM SHIVAYA NAMA---
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