Vitukathazhakiya Perumal

Rajarajadevan Vitukathazhakiya Perumal (fl. late 12th century AD), also known as Vyamukta Sravanojjvala in Sanskrit, was an Adigaman Chera ruler of Thagadur (modern Dharmapuri) in northern Tamil Nadu, southern India under Chola monarch Kulothunga III. He was a contemporary of Sengeni Ammaiyappan Hastimalla alias Vikrama Chola Sambuvarayan and Seyyagangar/Siyagangan, both also subordinates of Kulothunga III. He reinstalled the images of the Yaksha and Yakshi, ancient donations made by Ezhini, an Adigaman of the Chera (Sanskrit: Kerala) family. He also donated a gong and commissioned a water channel connected to the "Kadapperi" tank.

Ezhini (Sanskrit: Yavanika) is described as "the king of Keralas" (Tamil: Chera) and "the chief of the family ruling over Vanchi" in inscriptions. Tirumalai Hill is referred to as the Holy Mountain of the Arhat in "Tondai Mandalam". Yavanika is the Sanskrit equivalent of the Tamil term "Ezhini" (meaning "curtain" in Tamil). "Vya-mukta Sravana-ujjvala" is likewise the Sanskrit approximate of the Tamil title "Vitu-kathu-azhakiya".

Inscriptional records

Painted Cave, Tirumalai, near Polur, North Arcot District (two inscriptions) [bilingual, Tamil and Sanskrit] Sengama, Tiruvannamalai Taluk, South Arcot District (two inscriptions)