A History of South India from Prehistoric Times to the Fall of Vijayanagar c17.75

c17.75

For the first seven or eight years after his coronation Sadāśiva was the only king; but the real power was always in Rāma Rāya's hands and in due course Rāma Rāya assumed the royal titles. Sadāśiva was kept under close guard, although Rāma Rāya and his brothers Tirumala and Venkatādri ‘went on one day every year and prostrated themselves before their lawful sovereign in token of his rights over them’.