Vitukathazhakiya Perumal

Rajarajadevan Vitukathazhakiya Perumal (fl. late 12th century AD), also known as Vyamukta Sravanojjvala in Sanskrit, was a Chera ruler of Thagadur (Dharmapuri) in northern Tamil Nadu, southern India under Chola monarch Kulothunga III. He was a contemporary of Sengeni Ammaiyappan Hastimalla alias Vikrama Chola Sambuvarayan and Seyyagangar/Siyagangan, both also subordinates of Kulothunga III. Vitukathazhakiya is said to have ruled over the three rivers Pali (Palaru), Pennai (Southern Pennaru) and Ponni (Kaveri).

He is described as the son of certain Rajaraja Adigaman Vagan (Sanskrit: Adhika, also Satiyaputra). Vitukathazhakiya famously repaired the Jain Temple on the Tirumalai Hill (originally associated with his remote ancestor Ezhini). He set up again the images of the Yaksha and Yakshi, ancient gifts made by Ezhini, an Adigaman of the Chera (Sanskrit: Kerala) family. He also presented a gong, and commissioned a water channel to or from the kadapperi tank.

Ezhini (Sanskrit: Yavanika) is dubbed as "the king of Kerala" (Tamil: Chera) and "the chief of the family ruling over Vanchi" in the records. Tirumalai Hill is designated as the Holy Mountain of the Arhat in Tondai Mandalam. Yavanika is the Sanskrit equivalent of Tamil term "Ezhini" (meaning "curtain" in Tamil). Vya-mukta Sravana-ujjvala is also the Sanskrit approximate of Tamil title Vitu-kathu-azhakiya.