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 It was in the year 1860 that the minor Rajah of Pittapur paid a halting visit to Venkatagiri on his return from Tirupathi. In January 1871 the Rajah of Bobbili came to Venkatagiri and requested the Rajah Bahadur to grant his third son Rangamannar Krishna Yachendra in adoption. The request was complied with, and the adoption ceremony was duly performed with a present of valuable jewels and an elephant and two horses with ornaments by the father. In 1873 while on his way to Bobbili to see his son, he received a message from the Rajah of Pittapur requesting him to hand over the second son in adoption to him. The consent was given and similar observances made in this case also.

The year 1875 witnessed some important marriages. The first was the marriage of Pittapur s adopted son with a sister of the Zemindar of Nuzvid, Narayappa Rau. The Rajah visited both Pittapur and Nuzvid with his family and returned with a present to