The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.101

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After remaining in confinement for five years, Kempe Gowda was released in or about 1563 through the influence of his friends; and after the payment of a heavy fine his possessions were restored to him. After he had returned from the metropolis, he abolished the family custom of amputating the two ring-fingers of the marriageable females of his household, because he considered it incompatible with his dignity as Prabhu of the country. He lived five years more after his release, and died in 1569, one year after Tirumala’s accession to the throne of Vijayanagara¹.