Question

What are the achievements of Kantirava Narasaraja Wodeyar?

Answer 1

Kantirava Narasaraja Wodeyar successfully defended Srirangapatna against the invasions of the Adil Shahis of Bijapur. In the fashion of the two Wodeyars before him, he continued to expand the Mysore dominions. This included taking Satyamangalam from the Nayaks of Madurai in the south, unseating the Chingalvas from their base in Piriyapatna in the west, gaining possession of Hosur (near Salem) to the north, and delivering a major blow to the remnant rule of Kempe Gowda of Magadi's henchmen at Yelahanka, from whom a large tribute was exacted. Kanthirava Narasaraja I was also the first Wodeyar of Mysore to create the symbols associated with royalty, such as the royal coats of arms, establishing mints, and issuing coins named 'Kanthiraya' after him.