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(14) ‘Having erected a maṭha (Sattra or alms-house) for the distribution of food to those who come to the car-festival of the god. . . , caused his guru to take up his residence in the king’s maṭha (a detached residential building which belongs to a house and is intended for receiving and accommodating the guests) to conduct the worship of Chandraśekhara (who might be installed in a maṭha or temple which, however, does not occur in the present inscription) and to minister to the Jangamas, and give shelter and food to mendicants and pilgrims, . . . in order to meet all the expenses of the same made a grant of Hāranahalli.’—(*Ep. Carnat.*, Vol. IV, Hunsūr Taluq, no. 104; Transl., p. 93; Roman Text, 15.)