The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c32.87

v1.c32.87

His devotion to Vishnu, nevertheless, was not that of a fanatic who despises all other deities. His grants after the usual ‘prostration to the blessed Ganadhipati’ start with an invocation to Siva, Vishnu and Ganapati ⁶. One vritti of the Penuguluru grant was by his order given to the local shrines of Vishnu and Hara (Siva) ⁷. Tirumala moreover, in an inscription of 1571, mentions the Saiva teacher, Anantasivacharya, his pupil Ponnambala Dharmasivacharya, and the latter's pupil Immadi Dharmasivacharya ⁸. Another Saiva teacher is mentioned in another of Tirumala's inscriptions dated 1577; this guru is named Santabhiksha vritti Ayyavaru, and seems to have been a man of great influence in Karnul ⁹.