Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c22.s3.98

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In Śaka 1443 (A. D. 1521-2) and with the same object of expressing his patriotic sentiment, Vāśal Timmappa Nāyaka granted the village of Saṅganapaḷḷi in Chandragiri-rājya for offerings to Aiñjand Piḷḷaiyār in the third prākāra of the temple of Kāḷahastiśvara, at Kāḷahasti.⁴ In the next year (Śaka 1443) Maṅgaraśaṅ, who has been identified with Taraṇikka Maṅgaraśayyaṅ, viceroy of Tiruvaḍi-rājya, granted the village of Chidambaranāthapuram to the temple of Chidambaram for the welfare of the great ruler.⁵ Sāḷuva Gōvinda Rāja, son of Bāchi Rāja, in A. D. 1522, gave as a gift 477 gadyāṇa with an array of imposts for the offerings, decorations and festivals of the god Triyambaka of Terakaṇāmbi, “in order that our lord Vira-pratāpa Kṛiṣhṇa Rāya Mahārāya may obtain abundance of horses, elephants, armies and wealth, and gain victorious dominion in all quarters”.⁶