The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c20.55
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c20.55
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8. In Bellur, Krishnappa Nayaka was still the head of the Balam family in the beginning of Ranga’s reign. In an inscription of 1578 he acknowledges king Ranga as ruling sovereign ⁴. But not long afterwards he was succeeded by his son. A Bellur Kanarese inscription of Sri Ranga I, of July of the same year, records a grant by Krishnappa Nayaka’s son, Venkatadri Nayaka ⁵. This Venkatadri or Venkatappa, in an inscription of 1576, is called the champion of adulterers, ⁶.