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INTRODUCTION
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long time established at that place, upto this time the
kick of the horse of Islam had not attempted to break.
The Mussalmans destroyed all the beings and Deo
Narain fell down and the other gods who had fixed
their seats there raised their feet and jumped so high
that at one leap they reached the foot of Lanka and in
that fright the beings would have themselves fled
had they any legs to stand on". This was the fate that
many other temples suffered during this period.
We have a number of inscriptions referring to the
damages and desecretion caused to Hindu temples.¹6
A reference to open plunder of the temple proper-
ties by the invaders is found in an inscription of Raja-
nārāyaṇa Sambuvarāya coming from Tiruvorriyur."
Before the Muslims took possession of the temple the
temple authorities had hidden all the valuable belong-
ings of the temple underground. The Muslims located
the hidden treasure and carried away a large part of
it.
The general effect of the establishment of the
Sultanate at Madhurai was disastrous. Hindu religious
16. A.R.E., 162 of 1936-37 from Kannanur, the quondam capital
of the Hoysalas in the Tiruchirapalli District. It states that the temple
of Posaliswaram Udaiyar constructed by Vira Someswara was demo-
lished upto the Adharasilai and converted into a mosque by the Muham-
madans during their occupation of the place. It was only after Kam-
pana's conquest that the temple was reconsecrated. A.R.E. of 1909:
The temple of Tiruttaliyanda Nayanar at Tiruppattur was occupied by
the encamped Muhammadans 'whose time it was' and ruined. In con-
sequence of this the inhabitants of the place became unsettled. At
this juncture a certain Visalayadeva of Karaikudi reconsecrated the
temple and saved the people from moral and religious degradation".
Therefore the villagers conferred on him certain privileges and besides
assigning a specified quantity of corn from the harvest reaped by each
individual. Alsc 434 of 1903.
17. A.R.E., 203 of 1912.
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long time established at that place, upto this time the
kick of the horse of Islam had not attempted to break.
The Mussalmans destroyed all the beings and Deo
Narain fell down and the other gods who had fixed
their seats there raised their feet and jumped so high
that at one leap they reached the foot of Lanka and in
that fright the beings would have themselves fled
had they any legs to stand on". This was the fate that
many other temples suffered during this period.
We have a number of inscriptions referring to the
damages and desecretion caused to Hindu temples.¹6
A reference to open plunder of the temple proper-
ties by the invaders is found in an inscription of Raja-
nārāyaṇa Sambuvarāya coming from Tiruvorriyur."
Before the Muslims took possession of the temple the
temple authorities had hidden all the valuable belong-
ings of the temple underground. The Muslims located
the hidden treasure and carried away a large part of
it.
The general effect of the establishment of the
Sultanate at Madhurai was disastrous. Hindu religious
16. A.R.E., 162 of 1936-37 from Kannanur, the quondam capital
of the Hoysalas in the Tiruchirapalli District. It states that the temple
of Posaliswaram Udaiyar constructed by Vira Someswara was demo-
lished upto the Adharasilai and converted into a mosque by the Muham-
madans during their occupation of the place. It was only after Kam-
pana's conquest that the temple was reconsecrated. A.R.E. of 1909:
The temple of Tiruttaliyanda Nayanar at Tiruppattur was occupied by
the encamped Muhammadans 'whose time it was' and ruined. In con-
sequence of this the inhabitants of the place became unsettled. At
this juncture a certain Visalayadeva of Karaikudi reconsecrated the
temple and saved the people from moral and religious degradation".
Therefore the villagers conferred on him certain privileges and besides
assigning a specified quantity of corn from the harvest reaped by each
individual. Alsc 434 of 1903.
17. A.R.E., 203 of 1912.