The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c30.26

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3. Up to the year 1606 the influence exerted by Oba Raya and his family at the court of Venkata may be seen both from the Hindu inscriptions and from the Jesuit sources. An inscription of Venkata at Narasingapuram mentions Gobburi Oba Raya and the gifts of sixty-five gold pieces called Venkataraya-varahans. Oba Raya seems to have regulated the festivals and daily services in the temple of Alagiyasingar at Kuvam Tyagasamudranallur ¹. In another inscription at Kuvam, Chingleput, he is styled Mahamandalesvara Gobburi Obarajayadeva Maharaja, and is said to have provided for special worship in the Margaly month, in the temple of Tiruvirkolesvara ². Another inscription of 1547 mentions the gift of 120 varahas by Narasammangaru, 'wife of the Mahamandalesvara Gobburi Obayadeva Maharaja of the Kasyapa gotra, for providing offerings to the god Ahobalesvara during his installation ceremonies in the *vasantamandapa* which he had constructed on the North side of the temple at Diguva Tirupati ³.