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ON THE OHIGINAL IXHABITAXTS 
the Eed- Hills Tank. The place where the old fort of Pulal 
stood is still remembered and pointed out by the people. 
However, the outlines of the outer and inner mud walls are 
now only visible, within the latter is a tank. These walls 
must have encircled once a fort of considerable extent, of 
which nothing however remains. Hyder Ali on his march 
to Madras encamped here. Pulal is also called Vana Pulal, 
and near it is situated a small hamlet Mddhavamm. 
About a mile to the north-east lies the present village 
Pulal, in which I found three temples. A small Jaina basti 
dedicated to Aditirthankara, though in a decayed condition, is 
etill used for worship, and has the reputation of being old. 
The Vaisnava temple of Karimdnihjaperutndl does not ap- 
pear to be ancient, while the erection of the Siva temple is 
ascribed to Adonda Cola. It is dedicated to TrimuJandtha, 
but as a famous sannyasi Sundaramurtisvami worshipped 
there, it is known as the shrine of Siiudaresvara. It is evi- 
dently pretty old, and, though partly repaii-ed some years 
ago, is in a dilapidated state. It has the appearance of a 
Cola temple, and is covered with inscriptions, those seen 
on the outside being in a bad condition. The temple 
possesses no Sthalapurana, nor any copper Sasanams. The 
name of the goddess is SvarndmbiM. 
On the other side of the lake, about six miles towards 
south-west, lies the hamlet TirunmUaivdml or Tinfmidlai- 
vdyal, which is named after the adventure which befell the 
prince Adonda in his combat against the Kurumbas. A 
temple is erected near the spot where the Linga was 
wounded by the sword of the Cola prince and dedicated to 
Siva as Mdcilldmani, which is a Tamil translation of the 
Sanskrit Nirmalamar^ii meaning ' spotless jewel.' On one of 
the stone columns of the mantapam in front of the Gopuram 
is carved the figure of Adonda sitting on an elephant in the 
act of cutting with his sword the jasmiue-creeper from the 
leg of the elephant. The similarity in the sound of in u Nat, 
jasmine, and mala, stain, raises a suspicion against the 
