From the 14th century, the armies of Delhi Sultanate, led by Malik Kafur, plundered the Meenakshi Temple and looted it of its valuables; it had been rebuilt and expanded inside the sixteenth century. A brief crimson-paint script bearing the identify "pikatan" was observed on one of the finials on top https://www.diigo.com/item/note/b3og4/5nwt?k=9f8d545d10c5ce8c777ca745e33db774