Manasara Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Manasara-Shilpashastra; III. Manasara on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Manasara: Translation; V. Architecture of Manasara: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) v1.c6.s25.173

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(19) "The immediate purpose of the Ranganatha inscription of Sundara-Pandya is a description of his building operations at, and gifts to, the temple. He built a shrine of Narasiṁha (verses 2 and 10) and another of Vishṇu's attendant Vishvaksena (8), both of which were covered with gold, and a gilt tower which contained an image of Narasiṁha (7). Further he covered the (original or central) shrine of the temple with gold—an achievement of which he must have been specially proud, as he assumed, with reference to it, the surname Hema-chchhādana-rāja, i.e., the king who has covered (the temple) with gold, and as he placed in the shrine a golden image of Vishṇu, which he called after his own surname (3). He also covered the inner wall of the (central) shrine with gold (22) and built, in front of it, a dining-hall, which he equipped with golden vessels (23) . . . . . In the month of Chaitra he celebrated the procession-festival of the god (20). For the festival of the gods sporting with Lakshmī, he built a golden ship (21). The last verse (30) of the inscription states that the king built three golden domes over the image of Hema-chchhādana-rāja-Hari, over that of Garuḍa (16) and over the hall which contained the couch of Vishṇu (6)."