ancestors as, owing to his adoption into the Bobbili family, he thought that it was his first duty to perform these incumbent rites at his earliest convenience. In the same year his second wife gave birth to a son, and died a few days afterwards, just like her elder sister, the Rajah's first wife.
1886.
In this year he made an extensive tour in Southern India, visiting nearly all the important towns and shrines, and attended the wedding of his brother, the Rajah of Jetprole, at Yenkatagiri. He paid his respects to H. E. Lord Dufferin, the Viceroy, at Madras. He built the 'Praung-Mahal' in the Palace.
1887.
The year 1887 was a very sad year for the Rajah. He lost his adoptive mother, and his dear younger son, and he himself was ill for several months.
