Rare Portrait of Sri Krishna Devaraya
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Om! Gam! Ganapathaye! Namaha! Om! Sri Raghavendraya Namaha! Om! Namo! Bhagavathe! Vaasudevaya! Om! Ham! Hanumathe! Sri Rama Doothaya Namaha! Portrait of Sri Krishna Devaraya For a period of one month between July 5th and August 8th, 2010 Andhra Pradesh is celebrating the 500th coronation anniversary of Sri Krishna Devaraya, the great Emperor of Vijayanagara dynasty. The celebrations are officially launched by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and inaugurated by the President of India. On this occasion his original portrait has been published in news papers. The picture was drawn by a Portuguese traveller by name Domingo Paes who took 15 months to draw the same. Said to have been bought to light by noted historian Dr. Krishna Rao Keshav, the picture was preserved in Bharateeya Ithihaasic Samshodhan Mandal at Pune. ( Portrait of Sri Krishna Devaraya ) When you think of Vijayanagara dynasty, it reminds us of four prominent names viz. Sri Krishna Devaraya, Maha Manthri Thimmarusu, ...