The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c32.50

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Their family god was then Virupaksha, the name under which Siva was worshiped in the celebrated temple of their capital. But at that time it happened that two brothers from Ettur, named Nrsimhacharya and Srirangacharya arrived at Vijayanagara. They were learned Vaishnava gurus, and easily persuaded Virupaksha, the then Emperor of the great Hindu Empire, that there was no other god higher than Vishnu¹. Accordingly the sovereign foreswore Saivism and became a fervent Vaishnava. On this occasion the majority of his subjects also became followers of Vaishnavism ¹.