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A squad of past enthusiasts led by K. Rajan, Professor of past astatine Government College, Pattambi, has uncovered records that could shed caller airy connected Kerala’s medieval and aboriginal modern past during an introspection of uncommon thenar leafage manuscripts astatine the Vilwadrinatha temple astatine Thiruvilwamala.
The thenar leafage documents, preserved arsenic Granthavaris, had remained mostly unread successful caller representation and were traditionally brought retired lone for occasional ritual purposes. In a caller hunt for humanities records of the Thiruvilwamala region, the researchers identified 4 uncommon bundles of manuscripts successful the temple.
“The manuscripts are an invaluable find. They propulsion a batch of airy connected our precocious medieval and aboriginal modern history,” said Prof. Rajan.
He said the records dated backmost to the precocious 17th century. Three bundles are linked to 18th-century temple renovation activities, portion different contains a elaborate chronicle of the temple’s past from the aboriginal 14th to the precocious 18th century. The chronicle, compiled successful 1822, is based connected earlier records that are nary longer available, Prof. Rajan said.
Written successful Sanskrit utilizing Malayalam script, the substance begins with a communicative connected the incarnation of Vishnu arsenic the deity of Vilwadrinatha. A ample information of the papers details temple administration, offering insights into medieval temple society, including the roles of Samudayam, Uralars, Karalars, Manushyam and assorted Swaroopams.
The records item strict administrative customs and penalties for violations, reflecting the beardown relation of contented successful temple governance. They besides amusement that portion the temple was nether the erstwhile princely authorities of Cochin, important gross was derived from lands underother royal houses, peculiarly the Tharur Swaroopam.
The manuscripts besides notation visits by the past rulers of the Perumpadappu, Nediyirippu, Tharur and Arangottu Swaroopams, including a notation to the sojourn of Ramavarma, ruler of Cochin, successful 1363, during which helium is said to person performed penance pursuing interior temple conflicts.
Prof. Rajan said the documents besides provided details of periodic temple attraction up to the precocious 19th century, including accounts of structural decay owed to earthy causes and incidents of fire, pointing to the agelong and analyzable past of the temple institution.
Those who accompanied Prof. Rajan connected the survey see Kiran Vasudev, Ramkumar Nambiyath and Suresh Kumar K.A.
