[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909) › c14.9 # Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c14.9 Mysore and Coorg from the Inscriptions c14.9 - **Language:** English ### [c14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c14.9) The revival of Vishnu worship was due in great measure to the Vaishnava reformer Rāmānujāchārya, also called Emberumānār,¹ who, at the beginning of the twelfth century, took refuge from Chōla persecution in the Mysore country, where he converted from Jainism the Hoysala king Biṭṭi-Dēva, thenceforward called by the name Vishnuvarddhana. Rāmānuja established the Yatirāja maṭha at Mēlukōte (see Sr 64), and received a large tract of land on both banks of the Kāvērī near Seringapatam, named the Ashṭagrāma or eight townships. For the management of his affairs he appointed the Fifty-two. These were Śrīvaishnavas, and his first disciples. - [Previous: c14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c14.8) - [Next: c14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c14.10) - [Up: c14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c14) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rice-1909.c14.9) · Pramāṇa