Bukka I is the first ruler of this dynasty that figures in the inscriptions from Tirumala. He gifted two villages for two offerings to be made to the god. (I-178) Mahamandalesvara Mangideva, a prominent feudatory, set up a golden kalasa on the sikhara of the vimana of the temple in…
Arjuna’s story was one of the best known in Hindu mythology, yet it is fully intelligible only if one is familiar with the many other stories related to it. It is nested in or overlaps with the story of the great Bharata war, the story of Krishna, the…
Arishtha was the servant of Kamsa and was sent to Gokula in the form of an ox to kill Sri Krishna. The ox terrified the cowherds (gopis) as it tore up the hills and mountains around Vrindavan. The youth Krishna faced and killed the ox, throwing it an incredible…
The establishment of the Vijayanagara empire in 1336 A. D. w. is a I uming point in the religious and cultural history of south India. I In- temples and gods of this region passed through critical days during the first three decades of the fourteenth century on account of frequent Muslim invasions….
The Chieftains of this family, who governed part of Tondamandalam first as Chola subordinates, then as Pandya feudatories and subsequently as independent rulers, were ardent i li vt dees and patrons of Sri Venkatesvara. Vira Narasingadeva is the earliest member ofthis family to be connected with the temple of Tirumala. This…
There are some records in the Tirumala temple which belong to the reign of Sundara Pandya (1-44 to 56). They do not contain any interesting information. Some of the local chieftains of this region who were subjugated by him, like the Telugu Pallavas, Telugu Cholas and Yadavarayas also figure in…
