The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c19.24

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3. Krishnappa was succeeded by his two sons Visvanatha and Virappa, according to the *Pandyan Chronicle*⁵. But the former is never mentioned either in the inscriptions or in the *History of the Karnataka Governors*; from which we suspect that he died shortly after and that Virappa Nayaka remained the sole ruler⁶. He is called Vira-Bhupati in the Vellangudi plates of Venkata II⁷. His queen was Tirumalambika⁸. An inscription at Goripalaiyam, Madura, on a pillar set up within the Muhammadan Masjid, declares that a considerable quantity of land was presented to the Mussulmans by Kuna Pandya, and that the grant was confirmed by Virappa Nayaka in 1573⁹. This is probably the earliest lithic mention of this King.