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Rh if he refused to marry her, they would be sure to carry out their threats, called them into the palace and consented to marry the lady first betrothed to him, along with his second betrothed. This proposal was accepted, subject to the condition that the sacred ribbon (Mangala-Sutram) should first be tied on the lady first betrothed, and to this the Rajah consented. At the marriage the Rajah stood in the middle with his first and next betrothed to the right and left respectively, and then tied the sacred ribbon in the same order. Thus, in those old days, the father of the former succeeded in fully carrying out his desire. Fortunately the first wife, Chellayyamma Garu, gave birth to a good family of four sons and five daughters, and the second, Butcheyyamma Garu, only to a single daughter. After many years of a happy married life, the second Rani expired, and then the Rajah married a lady, Lakshminarasayyamma Garu, of Vavilavalsa Inuganti