Durgai Amman / துர்கை அம்மன், Pallava King Kampavarman ( 852 CE ) Period Inscription, Porpandal / பொற்பந்தல், Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu.

The visit to this Sri Durgai Amman at Porpandal of Uthiramerur Taluk in Kanchipuram District was a part of the Heritage Visit to Salavakkam, Porpandal, and Peranakkavur, Shiva Temples, Pallava period Inscriptions and Heritage Sites on 15^th October 2021. Thanks to Raj PanneerSelvam, Udhayaraja Rajasekaran, and Kesavan for their help and for traveling along with me on this Heritage Visit.

 

This Kampavarman period (871 CE) inscription stone is worshiped as Durgai Amman by the Villagers. This Durgai Amman is connected to the Mariamman temple of this Village. During the annual festival, the Karagam from the  Mariamman temple will start only from this Durgai Amman inscription Stone, after conducting the poojas. As per the inscription this place Porpandal was called Porpondai during the 9^th century.

The inscription is inscribed on three sides/faces of the stone. The inscription dated the 2^nd year of the reign of Kampavarman, records the sale, to a certain Valiyanai, of the right of collecting one kadi of paddy per crop, by the assembly of Porpondai in Kurumpurai Nadu, a sub-division of Kalakattur Kottam for the upkeep of the tank Malaivellapperunkulam. Kurumpurai Nadu must have comprised the territory round about Porpandal near Chengalpattu Town. The God KurumpiraiNayanar is also referred to in an inscription from Salavakkam a Village close to Porpandal.

The special imprecation attached to the inscription viz “that the defaulter will incur the sin of having destroyed Kachchippedu”, indicates the great reverence with which the town of Kanchipuram was regarded at this period. The original inscription reads as…

First Face

1. ஸ்வத்தி ஸ்ரீ (II )
2. கம்ப-
3. வற்(ம)ற்கு
4. யாண்டு இர..
5. ண்டாவது க..
6. ளத்தூர்க்கொ…
7. ட்டத்துக் குறும்பு…
8. ரைநாட்டுப் பொற்
9. பொந்தை ஊரொம் ( ?)

Second Face

1. எம்மூர் (வ)-
2. லியானைக்கு
3. எம்மூர் மலை-
4. வெள்ளப்பெ-
5. ருங்குளத்துக்கு
6. பூத்தொறும் ப-
7. ட்டியா லொரு காடி
8. நெல் ஏரிக்கு …. மா
9. க விற்றுக் குடித்தொ
10. மிதற்றிறம்பினோ
11. ம் …. .. பனத்தி-

Third Face

1. லெய்
2. யெறு இ-
3. ருபத்து-
4. நாலு த-
5. ண்ட(ப்)படு-
6. வொமானோ
7. ம் ( l) கச்சிப்-
8. பெடழித்தா
9. ன் பாவம்படு –
10. வொமானோம்
11. குடாதொம் (  ) இந்த-
12. ன்ம மிரக்ஷித்தா ரடி
13. என்ற(ல்)லை மெல-
14. ன (…)

HOW TO REACH

This place Porpandal is 6 KM from Salavakkam, 12 KM from Salavakkam Koot Road, 15 KM from Chengalpattu, 25 KM from Uthiramerur, 44 KM from Tambaram, and 71 KM from Chennai.

Nearest Railway station is Chengalpattu.

LOCATION OF THE TEMPLE: CLICK HERE

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