Administration and Social Life under Vijayanagar c6.72

c6.72

Another epigraph at Āragaḷūr in the Salem district speaks of the oppression by the *rājagaram*, and the king's interference. It registers that three *sthānikas* of the temple of Perumāḷ Kariyavar went on a deputation to the king at Vijayanagar, and complained of the injustice done by the authorities (*rājagaram*) stationed at Dēviyākuricci, a village belonging to the temple. The chief Amaram Timmarassa introduced them to the king, got their grievances redressed, presented them each with a garland, a head dress, a horse and an umbrella and granted 900 *kuli* of wet land at Poṇ Parappi and at Dēviyākuricci as a *sarvamānya* gift.⁴¹