Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s1.103

v2.c24.s1.103

In what manner the State acceded to the demands of the people is related in an inscription dated A. D. 1290. "On a petition being made by the inhabitants of Iḷaippākka-nāḍu, the officer Ṡellappiḷḷai, the temple manager of Naḷaṇḍigaḷ Nārāyaṇa-Tādar and some others (named), to the effect that the provision made for the expenses of festivals of the god Ṡokkap-perumāḷ of Tombaḷūr is inadequate, the king (Hoysaḷa Vira Rāmanātha Dēva) remitted " 10 pon out of the amount that was being paid by (the village of) Tombaḷūr.²