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(15) "Having perceived that the central shrine of the god of the Tiruviḍaikali (temple) . . . . . which formerly consisted of layers of bricks, had become old and cracked,—the lord of Milaḍu . . . . . pulled down the temple, rebuilt the central shrine and the maṇḍapa of granite, placed on the shrine fine solid pitchers (? dome) of gold, built a surrounding wall and a maṇḍapa in front, and gave a canopy of pearls."