Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c25.s1.171

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Similar festivals of some consequence were the garden and swinging festivals. Parankuśa Man-Śaṭagōpayya Jiyam-gāru assigned in Śaka 1486 (A. D. 1564-5) a piece of land in the village of Liṅgamadiya in Ghaṇḍikōṭa-sime for providing offerings at the garden festival of Ahōbalēśvara conducted near the square tank (*konēru*) constructed by himself on the way to the tank Bhārgava.³ Narasammaṅgār, daughter of Gaḍḍam Tirumala Tāttayaṅgār of Kūram in Śaka 1458 (A. D. 1536-7) gave the village Paṭṭālam for the offerings to the temple of Vijayarāghava Perumāḷ at Tiruppukuli, Chingleput district, on the occasion of the swinging festival.⁴