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  Achyuta Deva Raya Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Achyuta Raya was a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire of south India.
He was the much younger brother of Krishna Deva Raya the Great, whom he succeeded in 1529.
Upon his death, the succession was disputed; his nephew, Sadashiva, finally became king while yet a child, under the regency of Aliya Rama Raya, a son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya.
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  Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Deva Raya II (1424-1446 CE) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire from the Sangama Dynasty.
Deva Raya II succeeded his father Veera Vijaya Bukka Raya after his short uneventful two year reign (Nuniz noted differently that his reign was for 25 years) was a monarch of the Vijayanagara Empire.
Deva Raya II was succeeded by Mallikarjuna Raya.
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 Vijayanagara Empire
It was later moved to nearby Vijayanagara on the river's southern banks during the reign of Bukka Raya I. With the Vijayanagara Kingdom now imperial in stature, Harihara II, the second son of Bukka Raya I, further consolidated the kingdom beyond the Krishna River and brought the whole of South India under the Vijayanagara umbrella.
Tirumala Deva Raya was succeeded by his son Sriranga I later followed by Venkata II who made Chandragiri his capital, repulsed the invasion of the Bahmani Sultanate and saved Penukonda from being captured.
The Prasanna Virupaksha temple (underground temple) of Bukka Raya I and the Hazare Rama temple of Deva Raya I are examples of Deccan architecture.
www.jgames.co.uk /title/Vijayanagara_Empire   (6082 words)

  
 Kalachuri Dynasty - Indian History
His younger son Krishanadev Raya is certainly the greatest ruler of Vijaynagar and one of the most famous kings in the history of India.
Raya himself was an accomplished poet, musician, scholar and was fluent in Sanskrit, Telugu and Kannada (and perhaps Tamil too!).
Krishandev Raya and all other rulers of this empire were pious Hidus and were devoted to Dharma, but they had very liberal outlook for other religions.
www.gloriousindia.com /history/vijaynagar_empire.html   (881 words)

  
 A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar By Robert Swell-Book 1 Chapter 6
The amorous monarch, Deva Raya I. -- The farmer's beautiful daughter -- The king's escapade -- The city threatened -- A Hindu princess wedded to a Muhammadan prince -- Firuz Shah's anger -- Pertal's marriage -- King Vijaya -- Probable date of accession of Deva Raya II.
The king neglected to send the Brahman to warn Pertal's family, and on the arrival of news at Mudkal that a large force of the Raya's troops was approaching, the inhabitants fled, and amongst them the girl and her relatives.
Deva Raya then began to treat for peace, and was compelled to submit to conditions to the last degree humiliating.
www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/vijayanagar/book1.chapter6.html   (1659 words)

  
 TTD Saptagiri November_2005 English Version
The chief minister or Pradhana Mantri of Sadasiva Raya was' Tirumala raya.
He was responsible for the construction of "Tirumala raya mantapam" in Tirumala temple in 1561 A.D. This exists towards left side of Dwaja Stambha adjacent to Ranganathamandapam.
Hence Venkatapathi Raya had to depend on the income of Tirumala Venkateswara he was the first king to use' the income of Venkateswara Swami to meet his personal expenditure.
www.omnamovenkatesaya.com /saptagiri_Nov2005_Eng/Tirumala_through_ages.htm   (1900 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - The Maharaja of Vijayanagar
Deva Raya I ordered new training in offensive technique and began a recruiting drive, designed to not only fill the ranks of soldiers, but to improve the image of our military caste as well.
Deva Raya I was not an old man when he died and the only heir he left was an infant boy named Ramachandra.
Deva Raya II wanted war with Gujarat, but first he needed to prepare for victory and contrive a justification to wrest the beautiful city from its foreign conqueror.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=109162   (3741 words)

  
 Kingship in the Early Modern World
The king of Vijayanagara, Krishna Deva Raya, was metaphorically associated with the epic hero-god of the Ramayana.
A king like Krishna Deva Raya was by virtue of this metaphorical association with Rama, more sacred than King Manuel of Portugal, indeed King Philip of Spain, could ever be as a national sovereign acting with the grace of God in a world of sin.
During the reign of Krishna Deva Raya, the most famous of the kings of Vijayanagara, one particular traveller--Domingo Paes--wrote a fascinating account of a royal ritual.
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 Arunagirinathar - Sachi Sri Kantha
Prauddha Deva Raya II (1422-1442): the emperor of Vijayanagar.
The early rulers of Vijayanagara, upto Deva Raya II (1422-1443) and even his sons Vijaya II and Mallikarjuna were followers of Saivaism.
Achutha Raya was a great patron of Vaishnavism and he encouraged the propagation of Vaishnavism in the Tamil country.
www.tamilnation.org /conferences/cnfMA81/sachi.htm   (2640 words)

  
 The Hindu : A watershed in temple architecture
Sarngadeva's father, Sodhala Deva, who came in the wake of a large inflow of Kashmiri scholars to peninsular India, particularly to the courts and religious centres of the Chalukyas and the Cholas in the 10th and 11th Centuries, was yet two centuries away from the Thanjavur temple and its karana depiction.
By the time of Sodhala Deva's arrival in the Chola terrain, the Thanjavur temple and the provenance of Bharata's Natya grammar with lithic representation had already been there for a couple of centuries and a half.
Sodhala deva was greatly influenced by the Tamil traditions and art forms and was enriched by the sojourn in deep peninsular India.
www.hindu.com /thehindu/2000/10/15/stories/1315017j.htm   (697 words)

  
 History of Andhra Pradesh
Ganapathi Deva, Prataparudra Deva and Rani Rudrama were the prominent Kakatiya rulers.
It was during the reign of Prataparudra Deva II that Malik Kafur, the famous general of the Delhi Sultan, Ala-ud-Din Khilji attacked Telangana.
Krishna Deva Raya (1509 - 1530) known as Andhra Bhoja belonged to the Tuluva dynasty, during whose reign the empire reached its zenith.
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 India4u - Home Remedies - Bala
Krishna Deva Raya: After the death of Deva Raya II in 1446 AD, there was a series of civil wars among the various contenders to the throne.
This dynasty also soon ended and a new Tuluva dynasty was founded by Krishna Deva Raya (1509 AD - 1530 AD).
Ultimately in 1543, Sadashiva Raya ascended the throne and ruled till 1567, however the real power was in the hand of Rama Raja, who played off the various Muslim powers against one another.
www.india4u.com /history/medieval2.htm   (690 words)

  
 A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar By Robert Swell-Book 1 Chapter 9
Two sons of Deva Raya II., according to the inscriptions, were named Mallikarjuna and Virupaksha I. respectively.
Pina Raya left a son unnamed, who did nothing in particular, and was succeeded by his son "Verupaca," by which name Virupaksha is clearly meant.
This was probably the powerful chief Narasimha Raya, a relation of the king of Vijayanagar, who, intrusted with the government of large tracts, was rising rapidly to independence under the weak and feeble monarch whom he finally supplanted.
www.nalanda.nitc.ac.in /resources/english/etext-project/history/vijayanagar/book1.chapter9.html   (2422 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "Deva Raya": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Deva Raya 1 (1406-22) secured the northern frontiers so that the Vil'ayanagaran empire extended nominally over the entire southern part of the...
Goodrich castle Goldsmith's Daughter, War of the war fought in 1406 between Deva Raya I, ruler of the Hindu empire of QVijayanagar 1406-22, and the Muslim Firuz Shah Bahmani of the Deccan, provoked by...
Major wars with Vijayanagar's Bukka, who succeeded his brother Harihara, and then with Bukka's successors, Harihara 1I and Deva Raya I and 11, are seen as triumphs for the Bahmanid sultans who repeatedly threatened the city of Vijayanagar itself.
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 Arunachaleswara temple   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Inscriptions attribute this to Krishna Deva Raya of Vijayanagar.
This was constructed by Krishna Deva Raya and renovated by king Sevappa Naicker of Tanjore.
All the kings mentioned above and chieftains like Kadava Raya, Sambuvaraya and Banas expressed their devotion to Arunachaleswara by building small temples inside the Arunachaleswara temple as well as around the mountain and elsewhere in the town.
www.tiruvannamalai.net /temple.html   (550 words)

  
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Krishnadeva Raya had been the king of the Vijaya Nagar empire in Kaliyuga's 47th century (i.e.
Vijaya Nagar's famous quick-witted member of the assembly, Tenali Ram was a jewel of Krishnadeva Raya's court.
Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagar kingdom, was founded by Krishna Deva Raya (1509 AD - 1530 AD).
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 DiscoverIndia Hampi
The temple is entered through a 50 m tall, elaborately carved gateway that may have belonged to an earlier period and is believed to have been renovated in 1510 by the empire's most famous ruler, Krishna Deva Raya.
Inside is a series of calm courtyards dotted with small shrines and pillared halls, some of which date back to the first Vijayanagara rulers.
Of this street he says ".....a very beautiful street full of very beautiful houses with balconies and arcades in which are sheltered piligrims....there are also houses for the upper classes, the king has a palace in the same street where he resides when he visits the Pagoda (the temple)".
www.indiatravelite.com /discoverindia/hampisightseeimg.htm   (1522 words)

  
 ANEGUNDI
Raja SRI RANGA DEVA RAYALU [Pampapathi Raju] 1889/1918, granted the title of Raja as a Hereditary distinction in 1902, married Rani Narasingamma, died 1962, and had issue.
Raja Sri Ranga Deva Rayalu, M.L.A. of Gangavati constituency, married Lalita Rani.
Raja Narasimha Deva Rayalu, Advocate and Central Notary of Hospet, married Mohini.
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 Deva Travel - BALI
In the morning we visit the pride of Bogor and one of the biggest biological treasures of the world: the garden of plants Kebon Raya.
Here you can have lovely walks along shadow rich paths and in the meantime enjoy of the enormous variety of tropical plants, trees, orchids and palm trees.
Deva Travel regelt voor u het benodige visum.
www.devagroup.nl /travel/java-bali-tour.php   (502 words)

  
 he City of Vijayanagar in the Reign of Deva Raya II
It will be well to suspend our historical narrative for a time in order to acquire some idea of the appearance and condition of the great city of Vijayanagar in these days.
About the year 1420 or 1421 A.D. there visited Vijayanagar one Nicolo, an Italian, commonly called Nicolo Conti or Nicolo dei Conti, and if he was not the earliest European visitor, he was at least the earliest that we know of whose description of the place has survived to this day.
He was entrusted with an embassy from Persia, and set out on his mission on January 13, A.D. At the beginning of November that year he arrived at Calicut, where he resided till the beginning of April 1443.
www.geocities.com /chetak74/earlyvisitors.html   (2481 words)

  
 Tourism of India - Holiday Ideas
The greatest monarch of Vijayanagar was Krishna Deva Raya who reigned from 1509 to 1529.
Travellers from Arabia and Italy came to his court and he had cordial diplomatic relations with the Portugueses at Goa.
Krishna Deva Raya built some of the finest palaces and temples in Vijayanagar.
www.tourismofindia.com /hi_old/hampi.htm   (571 words)

  
 PANCHAKAVYAS IN TELUGU LITERATURE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Probably, Krishna Deva Raya is greater man than King Bhoja for whom 'Sringara' is the only sentiment or Rasa worth cultivating for a poet.
Unfortunately Krishna Deva Raya employed a large number of uncommon words and expressions both in Telugu and Sanskrit in a taut and intricate style in many passages which have become brain teasers.
With this memorable contribution to Telugu literature which is one of the panch kavyas, Krishna Deva Raya became an adopted son of Andhra and is remembered today as their greatest ruler.
www.mihira.com /mihmar01/panchakavyas.htm   (571 words)

  
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The successors of Chatta Deva occupied both Banavasi and Hangal and are known as Kadambas of Hangal.
Shown below is another fine example of Krishnadev Raya's coin which is unusually large (2 cm in diameter as compared to 1.3 cm of regular kind) showing four armed garuda on reverse.
A small group of muslim soldiers separated the elephant of Ram Raya from his army in a swift move.
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 krishnadevaraya   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Vira Narasimha ruled for four years and in 1509 was succeeded by his younger brother Krishnadeva Raya.
The Vijayanagar kingdom reached the pinnacle of its glory during the reign of Krishnadeva Raya.
The decline of the Vijayanagar kingdom began with the death of Krishnadeva Raya in 1529.
www.hssworld.org /homepage/html/boudhik/ekatmata_stotra/krishnadevaraya.html   (238 words)

  
 Mangalagiri History
Jaya Stambham - Sri Krishna Deva Raya Sasanam
When Sri Krishna Deva Raya was ruling, his minister Maha Mantri Timmarasu visited mangalagiri, and established one Vijaya Stupham (A pole for the victory).
In the rule of Vijayanagara kings, Mangalagiri was a Deva Bhoomi.
www.mangalagiri.net /history.html   (1904 words)

  
 Mangalagiri - Naga Satish Page
These dates are noteworthy, because at that period Sultan Quli Shah held Kondapalli and was making frequent attacks on Kondavidu, So it is curious to see how the Hindus continued to endow temples and record the endowments by public inscriptions even in sight of Mussulman (Muslim) fortress and almost in the track of Mussulman armies.
The lofty gopuram in the temple at the foot of the hill is said to have been erected by one of Krishna Deva Raya's courtiers.
The temple of Sri Panakala Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy is situated on the hill.
www.tnagasatish.freeservers.com /mangalagiri.html   (2766 words)

  
 Krishna Deva Raya Mandapam
In the southern wing of the Mandapam, is a statue of Venkatapathi Raya of the Aravidu dynasty, who ruled over Chandragiri around 1570 AD.
To its side are stone statues of Achyutha Raya, who succeeded Krishna Deva Raya to the throne, and his wife Varadajiamma.
Sri Vaishnava symbols or the Urdhvapundras flanked by a conch and disc are carved at the top of the two main pillars of the Mandapam.
www.tirumala.org /maintemple_tour_pratima.htm   (177 words)

  
 Tourist destinations of Karnataka - Spectacular Views in Karnataka pictures on Worldisround
From literary evidences it may be inferred that Proluganti Tippa, an officer of Deva Raya II (AD 1422-46), probably built the 'gopuram'.
The inner court has a pillared cloister along the four sides, with a number of subshrines, while the main sanctum of Virupaksha with its axial 'mandapa' is situated in the central part of the court and faces east.
Abutting the southern wall of the courtyard is a hundred- pillared 'mandapa' with three inscriptions in three different languages stating that it was built by Krishnadeva Raya in AD 1516.
www.worldisround.com /articles/14207/text.html   (5776 words)

  
 Hampi - www.bangalorebest.com
Legend has it that the empire was established by two heroic brothers, Harihara and Bukka Raya in 1336 A.D. Vijayanagar means 'City of Victory' and its capital Hampi reflected the grandeur of this powerful kingdom.
Krishna Deva Raya, the greatest of all the Vijayanagar kings, ruled the empire from 1509 A D to 1520
A D. At its zenith, the territory of Hampi spread over 30 sq kms.
www.bangalorebest.com /discoverbangalore/sightseeing/hampi.asp   (492 words)

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