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Rh father, while the liabilities were Rs. 46,000. He assigned to his adoptive mother, for life, the estate of Karakavalsa and some other villages yielding annually Rs.60,000. The installation ceremony took place on the 30th November. His brother, the present Rajah of Venkatagiri, came and attended it, and Mr. Turner, the then Collector, led the Rajah to his Gaddi. A few days prior to this ceremony, the Rajah married his first wife's sister, as the custom, in general, prohibits a widower from ascending the Gaddi.

In 1882 he raised the Bobbili Middle School to the standard of a High School; gave up the salary grant-in-aid which the School was receiving from the Government; founded a Poor House, called the Samasthanam Poor House, for the lame, the blind, and other decrepit persons, and established a Sabha called 'Budhanandini' for the discussion of subjects relating to religion, morality, science, &c. He made a pilgrimage to Tirupati and visited Venkatagiri and Madras.