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 since been very useful for public gatherings and also as a rest-house for native officers on tour. It was also at the time of the same visit, that the Indra Mahal which was begun to build in 1880 was declared duly opened by the Governor. Five years later, another Governor of Madras, Lord Connemara, was invited to plant the Foundation Stone of the Victoria Jubilee Bungalow near the Railway station.

During the visits of His Excellency the Viceroy and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales to Madras, the Maharajah was present to accord his hearty welcome. In 1903, he attended the Durbar held at Delhi in connection with the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII and was the distinguished recipient of the Durbar Medal. In memory of that Coronation, he built at Venkatagiri the Edward Hall and made a gift of it to the enlightened public with the name Venkatagiri Club. But in 1911, at the time