The Nadimi Padi Kavali or Inner
Gopuram is the inner entrance to the temple, which is reached through the
Dhvajasthambha Mandapam.
Its
wooden doors are covered with silver plates, and therefore it is also
referred to as the Vendi Vakili. The doors are smaller than that of the Outer
Gopuram.
There
are numerous inscriptions on the inside walls, the earliest relating to the
Pandyan monarch, Jata Varma Sundarapandya, who became king in 1251 AD.
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