Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c25.s1.11

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¹ Sewell correctly ascribes the Mahānavami festivals to the 1st of the month of Aśvina, but one fails to understand how the New Year's Day could succeed it in the month of Kārtika. Sewell is evidently wrong in squeezing the New Year's Day between Aśvina and Mārgaśirsha. See below. Cf. Suryanarayana Rao, *The City*, p. 12. According to legend this festival is associated with the early days of Vijayanagara history when Vidyāranya propitiated Bhuvanēśvari (or Durgā). Taylor, *O.H. MSS.*, II., p. 103.