Hakku Patra of Patam Rama Swamy [c 1800]

Contributor / Caste / Performance: Patamvaru. Medium of original material: copper sheet square and rectangle. Description of material: The edge of upper part of copper plate is cut into cusp arch design. It contains the motifs of sun and moon to denote perpetuity, in the centre of the upper portion of the plate a Shivalinga, Nandi and Snake are engraved. Dimensions: length 31 cm, width 20 cm. The plate is donated by a villager named Mungonda Bhadraiah of Ajjaram Village. His relation P. Ramaswamy is unknown.