The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c9.153

v1.c9.153

Nage Nayaka, son of Mahanayakacharya Ralakote Aravinda Nayaka gave the village of Gottakunte to Bairayagauda’s son Tammayagauda, for the service of daily worship of god Sriranganatha at Yaldur¹; one Gundurti Papayya granted three villages to the goddess in Velpucherla, Cuddapah²; Nandyala Tirumayyadeva granted to the god Chennakesava some land in Nandapadu³ and the village of Kodur⁴; another of his subjects granted 30 kuntas of land for planting a nandavanam (flower garden) for the god Tiruvengalanatha⁵; Gangayya Raja and Chinna Timmaraja, son of Aubalaraja, gave 30 puttis and 16 tums of land to the gods and brahmins of the village of Vellala, Proddatur⁶; Venkataya and his brother Appayya disposed of their land to the god Chennakesava in Vanipenta⁷; Chinna Timmaraja, son of Konda Raja, gave a village to the god Ahobala Narasinha⁸; Nagarajayya granted to the god Raghunayaka of Vontimitta the village of Gangaperuru⁹; Tirumalarasu gave some land to the god Varadaraja¹⁰; the Mahamandalesvara Chinna Avubalesvaradeva-Maharaju made a gift of land to the temple of Raghunayakalu of Ghandikota¹¹; to the same temple another gift was made by Nandyala Timmayadeva Maharaju¹²; the same chief built the village of Potladurti, Cuddapah, and granted it to the god Chennakesava¹³; Vobalaraju, son of Nandyala Abubalaraju, gave the piece of land to the Suamyanathasvamin temple of Nandalur for the god’s ablution, out of his ‘Nainkarum’¹; Papa Timmayyadeva Maharaja granted a village to the Venugopalaswami temple at Bollavaram²; Immadi Basavanayadu gave 15 tums of dry field to the god Tripurantaka³; lands were also given to the dancing women of Tiruvannamalai for temple service⁴. Finally in a Kanarese book of the Mackenzie Collection there are various copies of inscriptions of grants of land made in the reign of Sadasiva to the temple of Chinna Kesava⁵.