The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c13.54

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His son, Krishnappa Nayaka, was also a great help to Visvanatha in the government of his state. He is often mentioned in the inscriptions of his father's reign. This fact proves the importance and influence of the Crown Prince at the court of Madura. According to an inscription of 1546, in the kitchen of the Bripadamba temple at Devikapuram, North Arcot, Surappa Nayaka made a gift of ghee to the temple for Krishnappa's merit²; in 1550 the latter is mentioned along with Chinna Bomma Nayaka³; in 1553 he granted a piece of land for worship and for repairs in the Tyagarajasvamin temple at Ambasamudram, Tinnevelly⁴; in 1555, his agent Ekambara Mudaliyar granted another piece of land for a flower garden of a temple⁵; and two gifts of land made by him in 1562 to some temple are also recorded⁶.