The area in which the temple of Kalapriyadeva is located is now called Lokamahadevi-puram. Lokamahadevi was the name of the Chief queen of Rajaraja after whom several townships were created in the time of Rajaraja. So it is clear that Rajaraja has paid special attention to this town and re-established it as a merchant town. Earlier it was called a market town Kirti-maratanda Kalapriyam after this temple. Another fragmentary record mentions the gift of several jewels, Silver and brass vessels and also arrangement of 7 days festival.
The merchant guild received nine Kalanju of gold and in lieu of interest resolved to supply provisions for the seven days festival. The gold was gifted by a commander in chief.
The village was called “Kavidippakkam” obviously a region gifted to a commander in chief who was conferred the ‘Kavidi’ title that also suggests the importance of it as a strategic centre. A Siva temple named “Thiruppanrisvaram” had an image of Dancing of Siva. It had an ear ring made of gold out of the interest obtained from 130 kalanju of gold endowed earlier. This ring was not traceable in the temple then and so the village assembly agreed to make another one equal to its original value.
Another fragment, probably a part of the earlier record, refers to seven day festival of Kalapriya deva, and for supply of flowers and homas, by the merchant guild of Lokamahadevi-puram, who agreed to measure the required provisions which would be carried to the temple and measured in front of the temple priests.
Another fragmentary record refers to a collection for betel nut from each shop and panippu from each shop keeper. The temple authorities, the merchant guild, the superintendent of the charities, and garland makers were made collectively responsible to over see the administration of the endowment. They caused this stone inscription to be drafted and inscribed on the temple now called Kaverip-pakkam.
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There has not been much progress in the bifurcation and reorganisation of taluks though the bifurcation of districts in the State has been going on for about two-and-a-half decades to ensure better administration.
The erstwhile North Arcot district was bifurcated into Vellore and Tiruvannamalai districts in 1989, bringing with it certain other reorganisations such as the bifurcation of the Ranipet revenue division and the creation of a new revenue division with Vellore as headquarters, having jurisdiction over the Vellore and Gudiyatham taluks.
After the Gudiyatham taluk was bifurcated with the creation of a new taluk with Katpadi as headquarters about seven years ago, the Katpadi taluk also came under the jurisdiction of the Vellore revenue division. The creation of the Katpadi taluk is the only development with regard to bifurcation or reorganisation of taluks in Vellore district in the last several decades.
The long-pending demand for the bifurcation of the Vaniyambadi taluk with the creation of a new taluk with Ambur as headquarters, is yet to be realised.
The people of the Kaveripakkam special village panchayat have been demanding for six years that the Kaveripakkam firka, comprising 26 revenue villages, be removed from the jurisdiction of the Arakkonam taluk and be included in the Walajapet taluk. This is because Walajapet is nearer than Arakkonam town.
The people in the villages in the Kaveripakkam firka now have to go to the taluk office in Arakkonam, located 40 km away, to obtain community and income certificates.
There are buses from Kaveripakkam to Arakkonam only once in two hours. However, Walajapet town is only 10 km away, and there is a bus to the town every five minutes.
The Collector, S. Gopalakrishnan, said that there is a ban on the reorganisation of taluks until the on-going delimitation of Assembly constituencies is completed.
Source: The Hindu
