[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c19.s3.15 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s3.15 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s3.15 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.15) In this connection it is interesting to observe a special feature of the \*agrahāras\* under the Vijayanagara kings. In spite of the freedom given to the Brahmans in certain matters, it appears that the State imposed its own officials over the \*agrahāras\*. This is proved by an inscription dated A.D. 1532 which narrates that, at the time of setting up the god Yōga-Narasimha in the Durggāgrahāra, Rāmayya, son of Hāra-Mallayya, of Pidave in the Ādavāni country, the seal-bearer of Mallarasa-ayya, the head minister of Śiṅgapa Nāyaka, held the \*pārupatya\* of Durggāgrahāra, caused the sacred pond to be excavated and restored.² - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.14) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.16) - [Up: v2.c19.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s3.15) · Pramāṇa