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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Vitukathazhakiya Perumal
| image = Tirumalai Jain temple hill.JPG
| caption = Jain Temple on the Tirumalai Hill
| succession = [[Athiyamān|Satiyaputra]] [[Kongu Chera dynasty|Chera]] ruler of [[Dharmapuri|Thagadur]]
| reign = Late 12th century AD
| predecessor = Rajaraja Adigaman Vagan
| house = [[Chera dynasty|Chera (Kerala)]]/[[Athiyamān|(Adiyaman) Satiyaputra]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
}}

'''Rajarajadevan Vitukathazhakiya Perumal''' (''fl.'' late 12th century AD), also known as '''Vyamukta Sravanojjvala''' in [[Sanskrit]], was an [[Athiyamān|Adigaman]] [[Kongu Chera dynasty|Chera]] ruler of Thagadur (modern [[Dharmapuri]]) in northern [[Tamil Nadu]], southern India under [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] monarch [[Kulothunga III]].<ref name=":03">{{Cite journal |editor-last=Hultzch |editor-first=E. |title=No. 34: Two Inscriptions of Vidugadalagiya Perumal |url=https://archive.org/details/EpigraphiaIndicaVol6/page/n410/mode/1up |journal=Epigraphica Indica |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |volume=VI |pages=331-334}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date=1890 |editor-last=Hultzsch |editor-first=E. |title=Tirumalai Inscriptions (No. 75 and 76) |url=https://archive.org/details/southindianinscr014359mbp/page/n119/mode/1up |journal=South Indian Inscriptions |publisher=Archaeological Survey of India |volume=I |pages=106-07}}</ref> He was a contemporary of Sengeni Ammaiyappan Hastimalla ''alias'' Vikrama Chola Sambuvarayan and Seyyagangar/Siyagangan, both also subordinates of [[Kulothunga III]].<ref name=":03" /> Vitukathazhakiya is said to have ruled over the three rivers — Pali (Palaru), Pennai (Southern Pennaru) and Ponni ([[Kaveri]]).<ref name=":03" />

He is described as the son of a certain Rajaraja Adigaman Vagan (Sanskrit: Adhika, also [[Athiyamān|Satiyaputra]]).<ref name=":03" /> Vitukathazhakiya is noted for having repaired the [[Jainism|Jain]] Temple on Tirumalai Hill, originally associated with his remote ancestor Ezhini.<ref name=":03" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Ekambaranathan |first=A. |url=https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/999596615702121 |title=Jaina Inscriptions in Tamilnadu: A Topographical List |last2=Sivaprakasam |first2=C. K. |publisher=Research Foundation for Jainology |year=1987 |location=Madras |pages=269-70 |chapter=No. 338 (North Arcot District)}}</ref> He reinstalled the images of the [[Yaksha]] and [[Yakshini|Yakshi]], ancient donations made by Ezhini, an Adigaman of the [[Chera dynasty|Chera]] (Sanskrit: [[Chera dynasty|Kerala]]) family. He also donated a gong and commissioned a water channel connected to the "Kadapperi" tank.<ref name=":03" /><ref name=":20" />

Ezhini (Sanskrit: Yavanika) is described as "the king of Keralas" (Tamil: Chera) and "the chief of the family ruling over Vanchi" in inscriptions.<ref name=":03" /> Tirumalai Hill is referred to as the Holy Mountain of the [[Arhat]] in "Tondai Mandalam".<ref name=":03" /><ref name=":20" /> 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".<ref name=":03" />

== Inscriptional records ==

* Painted Cave, Tirumalai, near Polur, North Arcot District (two inscriptions) [bilingual, Tamil and Sanskrit]<ref name=":03" /><ref name=":20" />
* Sengama, Tiruvannamalai Taluk, South Arcot District (two inscriptions)<ref name=":03" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Chera kings]]
[[Category:12th-century Indian monarchs]]

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