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.
