Paluvettaraiyar

They were petty chiefs who ruled the present Kila-Paluvur and Mela-Paluvur, in the Udaiyarpalayam taluk of the Tiruchirapalli district, during Chola kingdom with the title Paluvettaraiyar. They were responsible for a number of benefactions to the temples at this place and were known to have been related to the Cholas by marriage. About a dozen records pertaining to this dynasty have been found.

Reference in south Indian inscriptions

Paluvettaraiyar, a Chera Mutharaiyar figures largely in the inscriptions copied at Kila-Paaluvur and Mela-Paluvur in the Tiruchchirappalli District. A.R. No. 231 of 1926 dated in the 12th year of Parantaka, that Paluvettaraiyar Kandan Amudanar fought, on behalf of his Chola overlord, a victorious battle at Vellur against the forces of the Pandya king and his Ceylonese ally, in which the Pandya lost his life. To commemorate this success the Commander Nakkan Sattan of Paradur made a gift of a perpetual lamp to the temple of Tiruvalandurai-Mahadeva at Siru-Paluvur.

It is perhaps this Amudanar who is referred to in the Anbil Plates of Sundara Chola as a Kerala prince whose daughter was married to Parantaka I and bore him prince Arinjaya By ‘Kerala prince’ should be meant a relation of the Chera king.^[1]

Periya pazhuvettaraiyar based on udaiyargudi inscriptions: we need to refer "Pazhuvoor Pudhaiyalgal" by Dr.R.Kalaikkovan before speculating further. The last few pages of the book give a detailed chronology along with years.The person we are talking about was a Mutharaiyar chief as evident from title "Sozha ( Chola) Mutharaiyan".^[2]Paluvettaraiyars bore the title "Paluvettaraiyar Kandan Maravan". There are also names like Maravan Kandan, Kumaran Maravan etc.

Paluvettaraiyar Regiment

Paluvettaraiyar regiment

Regiment maintained by Chola Mutharaiyan (Paluvettaraiyar) for the invasion of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) by Cholas during 10th century AD. As per Udaiyargudi inscriptions besides Mutharaiyar soldiers they also employed Senkunthar soldiers.

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