The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c16.169

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18. Precisely in the year 1568, the Emperor Sadasiva made a tour through the South of his Empire and received the homage of many feudatery chiefs, and of Krishnappa Nayaka, the ruler of Madura among them. The reason for this journey might have been to make an imperialistic propaganda, by showing to his subjects the person of the Emperor, imprisoned so many years ago. The Krishnapuram plates of Sadasiva show him to us "on the banks of the sacred river Kaveri, in the presence of the god Ranganatha" ¹. Here Tirumala, at the request of Krishnapapati (Krishnappa Nayaka of Madura), himself respectfully begged Sadasiva Raya to make a gift of the village of Krishnapuram and nine other neighbouring villages to the god Venkatesa. Sadasiva, who is called here 'the respected of the learned man', surrounded by his staunch friends, the priests, the followers of the imperial retinue, all kinds of learned men, and finally the ambassadors of his feudatory chiefs, who had come to acknowledge him on behalf of their respective lords, joyously granted the aforesaid village with gold and pouring of water ².