Page:A revised and enlarged account of the Bobbili zemindari.djvu/115

Rajah Rayadappa Ranga-Rao began building the local temple of Sree Venugopalaswamy, but died before it was finished. The estate of Wungarada and the village of Yambannavalsa were purchased in his time. He married three wives, of whom two were married under unique circumstances. He was first betrothed to a lady in Sitanagaram of the Chelikani family, but before completing the marriage he changed his mind and was betrothed to a lady, in Terlam, of the Inuganti family. On the evening before the night of the marriage, the father and brothers of the former betrothed lady brought her in a palanquin to the palace gate, where they halted and stood with drawn swords on either side of the conveyance. Then they sent in word to the Rajah to the effect that, if he did not consent to marry their child, they had determined to put an end, not only to her life, but also to their own lives, at the very front of the gateway. Thereupon, the Rajah, thinking that,