Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c16.t2.4

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In the Tirumalai temple there is also a copper statue of Veṅkaṭa II (1585-1614). Its workmanship is delicate to an extreme degree and is a good specimen of portrait sculpture. Besides there is also in the temple a group of two statues (husband and wife) carved in stone. It is generally supposed to be a carving of Tirumala I and his wife Vēṅgalāmbā.²⁸ But an old Mahratta inventory of the articles and properties of the temple refers to the group as statues of Acyuta and his queen Varadāji Ammā.²⁹