Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s2.11

v2.c24.s2.11

The change that was coming over the country is seen in the record dated A. D. 1556. This inscription tells us that by order of the Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Rāma Rāja Tirumala Rājayya Dēva Mahā-arasu, the Mahānāyakāchārya Niḍugal Timmaṇṇa Nāyaka, and subjects of the Niḍugul-sime (a great number named), these and other Gauḍas and subjects, with the Seṭṭi-paṭṭaṇa-svāmi, having purchased the Tūmukuṇṭe village in the Niḍugal kingdom, placing Gutti Tirumala Rājayya's seal bearers (mudremanuṣyaru) in front of Keñchappa Nāyaka, granted the village for the services and festivals (specified) of the god, in order that merit might be to Gutti Tirumala Rājayya Dēva Mahā-arasu.¹