Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c22.s3.122

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Another record of the same date (Śaka 1455, Vijaya) informs us that Tiṭṭārapiḷḷai gave the village of Periya-Puḷiyāyi, surnamed Narasimhapuram, to certain Brahmans, for the merit of the king on the occasion of the consecration of Lakshmi-Narasimha-mūrti.³ Kūḷūr Rāma Rāya also expressed his patriotic sentiment in a similar manner by granting the Balūranahaḷḷi for the god Chennakēśava of Muḷuvāgil, in A. D 1533.⁴ A gift of land and taxes accruing from Kumbaṅguḍi and Veṭṭaṅguḍi for the consecration and daily worship of the image of Naṭarāja was made by Anantāḷvār, the Agent of king, for the merit of the ruler, in Śaka 1456 (A. D. 1534-5).⁵ In order that *dharma* may be to Achyuta Dēva Rāya, Penugoṇḍe Aḍyada Vāraṇāsi Sūrappa's son Mādarasa, official under the treasurer Timmappayya, granted the village of Sargūr in the Niṭṭūr-bhaṭavṛtti-sthaḷa in the Chennapaṭṭaṇa kingdom, in A. D. 1534, for the god Maḷalēśvara of Kōḍambaḷḷi in the Chennapaṭṭaṇa-sime.⁶ An inscription dated in the Śaka year 1458 informs us that an individual hailing from the Toṇḍaimaṇḍala gave land as a gift for the offerings of the temple of Raṅganātha Perumāḷ at Tirumērkōṭṭai, Tanjore district, for the merit of the monarch.⁷