Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c25.s1.176

v2.c25.s1.176

In Śaka 1513 (A. D. 1591) a gift of land in the Brahman village of Naṟṟanallūr *alias* Rāmabhadrapuram, was made by Viśva Paṇḍitar, Agent of Eṭṭūr Tirumalai Kumāra Tātācārya, who was one of the managers of the Arulāḷa Perumāḷ temple, to Nallammaṅgār, wife of Ammāṇ Appaiyyaṅgār, for conducting the festivals Tiruvadhyanam-uḍaiyavaṅśirappu and Ulagamuṇḍa-peruvāyaṅśirappu, in the month of Mārgali in the same temple.¹ This seems to be an exceptional case of a lady receiving grants for conducting festivals in a temple.