The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c12.40

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The Hindu cult was likewise restored in Srirangam as a result of Kampana's campaign. In the *Prapannamrtam* it is related that when Gopanaraya, Prince Kampana's minister¹ and Governor of Jinji, learnt of the progress of his master in the Pandya country, he went to Tirupati, took with him the idols of the god Ranganatha and of his two queens, which had been sent there from Malabar and Mysore², and proceeded to his own town of Jinji, where for a time he kept the idols in a rock-cut temple at Singavaram. Staying at Jinji he obtained information as to the strength of the Muhammadans, and at a favourable moment set out for Srirangam with his army. The Muslim forces were defeated by Gopana, who replaced the three images in their shrine at Srirangam, after re-consecrating the god and his two consorts³. Saluva Mangu, one of the ancestors of Saluva Narasimha, the founder of the second Dynasty, was also one of the generals who took part in this expedition against the South. He was an intimate friend of Prince Kampana⁴.