Atalai Naṭarāja Collection collection [1814-1876]

This collection (1814-1876) contains 8 palm-leaf bundles (consisting of 214 palm leaves comprising 92 palm-leaf documents) which consists of various land deeds such as land sale, land details, land tax etc of cuppiramaNiyanh ceeruvvaikaaranh and others of atalai and surrounding villages; communications between the village headman of atalai and others regarding atalai water tank management for irrigation, aggreement for vigilance work, agreement for servitude (aTimai), village sale, loan deeds, village panchayat judgements, accounts and receipts of cuppiramaNiyanh ceeruvaikaaranh, viiraNanh ceeruvaikaaranh and others of atalai and surrounding villages. The time given for the digitisation of the documents was not sufficient to digitise each palm-leaf seperatly, hence several palm-leaves appear in each picture. Documents belonging to this collection are a continuation of the EAP 314 project (collection 4).

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: The collection consists of 92 handwritten palm leaf documents (214 palm leafs).

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): 1814-1876.