The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c24.8
The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c24.8
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were is not stated in this work; but we feel sure that the frequent irruptions of the Nayak's soldiers into the villages of the Paravas proved the necessity of such an agent at the court of Madura. Kumara Krishnappa Nayaka II, the then ruler of Madura, received the missionary amicably and granted him permission to build a church in his capital. Accordingly Fernandez erected a church, not so magnificent as the Hindu temple, says Du Jarric, but yet beautiful and pious ¹.