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was followed. By doing- homage to Varaha svami according to the 

 Jangama rites, they succeeded in getting rid of their rivals and adver- 

 saries. Chola Perumal is mentioned as participating in the aifair ; 

 and he was killed in consequence by a brahman, named Kokatta Ka- 

 ranava pada, who for some short time afterwards, took on him the 

 management of the government : possessing an ascendancy over all other 

 rulers of Malay alam ; an inquiry as to the time of arrival of a Numburi 

 brahman, referred to in the account of that feud, and as to the time 

 of the Ganga coming to Malay alam, is not answered with certainty ; 

 but it appears, that when the sacred water came, a dispute arose be- 

 tween the Calicut raja and the Vella'tta raja as to which should first 

 bathe in it, and this dispute led to fighting, in which several of their 

 people, on both sides fell. Inquiry as to the legend of the fane at 

 Panniyur. The answer refers to Pakasu Rama and his calling the 

 brahmans from Hai-cshetriyam, to come to Malayalam ; which they 

 refused to do, unless in that country as well as in the one where they 

 resided there should be a Varaha svami, and a sacred Ganga. Incon- 

 sequence Parasu Rama performed penance, and effected substitutes 

 for both things desired ; whereupon the brahmans came, settling at 

 Chovur and Panniyur ; between whom afterwards disputes, and fight- 

 ing arose. In later days the Vaishnava brahmans reside at Panniyur 

 and the Saiva brahmans at Chovur, being at enmity with each other. 

 An inquiry as to the origin of the celebration of the coming of the 

 Ganges once in twelve years into the tank at Panniyur, is not met by 

 a direct answer ; but reference is made to the rejection of an outcast 

 man ; who had presumed to approach at the time of the Ganges water 

 coming to the fane. In reply to another question some discrimination 

 is made between two subdivisions or classes of brahmans at Panniyur. 

 They do not know the cause why a particular Tambirdn, or ascetic, 

 acquired celebrity. 



The signatures of six Namburi brahmans are affixed to the docu- 

 ment in attestation of its veracity. 



Section 17. — Account of Savaccudu ayirrdd in the district of Hob - 



ha Hi. 



No inscriptions. Replies to inquiries (possessing a close similarity 

 to the queries transmitted by Mr. Baber to other places), do not appear 

 to offer any thing specially interesting. The account, sent in, is at- 

 tested by the signature of three persons of the Sudra class. 

 Section 18= — Account of ancient matters relative to the Curumbanad. 



Reference to the formation of the country by Parasu Rama and the 

 introduction of the brahmans. These afterwards invited a king from 



