Vengi Chalukya King Donated Annasiri For Temple Maintenance
The inscription is in Sanskrit, written in Telugu script, and dated Saka year 848 or 927 CE, February 24.
Hyderabad:The eighth of the nine sets of copper plate inscriptions of Vengi Chalukyas, which were recently found in Kodad village, records that King Vikramaditya II had granted Annasiri village as a devabhoga (endowment) in Kondapalli.
“It is granted for conducting worship, providing food offerings and maintenance of a choultry in the temple of Bijjesvara. Further, it records that Lokamavva, the wife of Kakatiya king Gundayya and daughter of Bekana (who was administering Pennatavadi), has constructed the Bijjesvara temple and Gunabhushana (Kakatiya’s guru) installed the deity's image,” said Dr K. Munirathnam Reddy, director (epigraphy), Archaeological Survey of India.
The inscription is in Sanskrit, written in Telugu script, and dated Saka year 848 or 927 CE, February 24. It was issued by Vikramaditya II, who was the son of Chalukya Bhima I. The copper plates trace lineage from Kubja Vishnuvardhana to Vikramaditya II.
The inscription was engraved by Vinayaditya, the son of Birogajjala. At the end of the record, it mentions ‘Vikramaditya Dattah’ (gifted by Vikramaditya). Out of all the inscription studies, only this mentions the King’s name in the end, also, said Munirathnam Reddy.
