The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c21.155

v1.c21.155

According to an inscription of Chinna Bomma Nayaka of 1582 at Adaipalam, the Vellore temple was constructed by Appaiya Dikshita ³, but since we know that this temple existed earlier we must understand that Appaiya Dikshita's work was some enlargement of the same. The pavement round the building was laid by China Bomma Nayaka himself in 1549, for the merit of Macha Nayaka of Vellore ⁴. In 1702 Fr. Maudit said that 'the fortress of Vellore was one of the strongest throughout the whole of the country ⁵.' As a matter of fact this fort is perhaps the most beautiful specimen of military architecture in southern India, and fortunately it is still in a very good state of preservation.