Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c24.s2.89

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In A. D. 1534 the temple of the god Tirumala of Chakkere in the Kūḍalūr-sthaḷa, also called Rājarāja-chōḷa-chaturvēdi-maṅgaḷam in Keḷaḷe-nāḍ, "by order of the royal treasurer (rāya-bhaṇḍārada) Timmappayya, was given to the Establisher of the path of the Vēdas, the Chakrakōlu Vijaya Chūḍāmani Nallūru Timmarāya-chakravarti-ayya's beloved disciple, the son of Rāmayya and Rāmānujammā, Nārāyaṇayya. And all the Hebbāruva Brahmans of Kūḍalūr and Maḷalūr, with the consent of all the farmers and subjects of these villages, gave to the temple priest (sthānika) Nārāyaṇayya land (specified) for the service of the god Tirumala, together with certain taxes (named). It was further declared that the temple was free from paying samaya-varlane and birāḍa.⁴