The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c32.95

v1.c32.95

Ranga I followed the example of his father in his devotion to Vishnu. He is said in the Maredapalli grant ‘to have borne in his heart Sarngadhara, i. e., his god Vihnu’ ³; and in the Arivilimangalam plates he is called ‘worshipper of Vishnu’ ⁴. Nevertheless Ranga, as much of an eclectic as Tirumala, invoked Siva, Vishnu and Ganesha at the beginning of his grants ⁵. During his time the Hande chiefs of Anantapur, who were bigoted Saivites, co-operated with Ibrahim Shah of Golkonda in the sack of the temple of Ahobalam ⁶.