Mediaeval Temples of the Dakhan c8.s3.11

c8.s3.11

The inscription records the foundation of a sattra or hall of charity for travellers and the learned and indigent, and the erection of a temple of Śiva, under the name of Siddheśanātha or Siddheśvara, with a tank or well attached to it, by a prince Govinda or Govindarāja and his wife. The second part of the inscription records various donations in favour of the temple and the charitable institute, made both by Govinda himself and by (his sovereign lord) the Mahāmaṇḍalanātha, the illustrious king Seuṇa. The grant was made on the occasion of a solar eclipse which corresponds to Tuesday, 21st July, A.D. 1069. The king Seuṇa is the Devagiri Yādava Seuṇachandra II. A long list of petty ruling chiefs is given, who are said to have come from Dwāraka.¹