The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c15.s2.t5.35

v2.c15.s2.t5.35

Dēvari Nāyaka marched southwards in obedience to his master’s command. The movements of his army and the events which took place during the course of his march are not known. It is, however, certain that Vira Pāṇḍya made up his quarrel with his former rival, Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara, and gathering together the other Pāṇḍyan princes under his banner prepared to withstand the advance of the Telugu army. The opposing forces met near the village of Tiruvaḍikuṇram in the Ginjee *tāluk* of the South Arcot district, and a fierce engagement, elephants again playing an important part, took place, in which Dēvari Nāyaka inflicted a defeat on Vira Pāṇḍya and the Malayāla Tiruvaḍi Ravivarman Kulaśēkhara and re-established Sundara Pāṇḍya on his throne at Viradhāvala.²