Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c25.s1.106

v2.c25.s1.106

In later Vijayanagara history too the nobles continued to bestow grants to the temples for similar religious purposes. In A. D. 1606, in the reign of Veṅkaṭapati Rāya I, Sakhare Lakshmarasu (descent stated), caused to be erected a *maṇṭapa* for use during the floating and car festivals and the final sacred bath of the god Lakshminarasimha at Hoḷe-Narsīpur, and Lakshmappa Nāyaka, evidently one of the chiefs of Hoḷe- Narispura, granted certain lands to meet the expenses of the above festivals.¹