Attempting to describe the nature of the soul,the upanishads resort to enumerating the various faculties of man and conclude-this is not the soul!What then is the soul ?Negating all that is perceived,pundits wax eloquent,'it is difficult to explain.' Those who have had an out of the body experience suppress a smile.Your tortuous logic is more difficult to comprehend!So is my effort at understanding the origin of Rajapalayam!Those who know may suppress their smiles.I am taking you on a road called 'not this! not this!And you are not to ask :'what then?'
It has been claimed that one Pusapati Chinna Raju,a brother of the Maharaja of Vijayanagar,was sent by Krishnadeva Raya,and he accompanied Viwanatha Nayaka,followed by his four brothers to quell the riots in Seithur/Sivagiri sometime between 1600-1650.
1.Pusapatis are from Vizianagar ,(comprising Vijayawada,Rajamundry,Vishakapatnam),not from Vijayanagar empire.
2.Pusapadu is a village built by Amalaraju,near Chirala.Anyone from Pusapadu is a Pusapati,not necessarily of royal lineage.Vizianagar royal family has released its geneology,with a request for missing details if any.
Pusapati Chinnaraju said to be the founder of Rajapalayam is not mentioned.
3.He is said to be brother of a Maharaja,and was accompanied by four brothers.Who is this Maharaja?His name is not mentioned anywhere.
4.Vijayanagar empire was defeated in Thalikotta war in 1565,marking the end of Thuluva dynasty.It was licking its wounds and whimpering in Penugonta,Vellore and later in Chandragiri till Aravidu line was defeated by Bijapur and Golkonda in 1652. There was virtually no Vijayanagar empire between 1600-1650
5. Krishnadeva raya ruled from 1509-1529 How did he send Pusapati Chinna Raju between 1600-1650?
6.Viswanatha nayaka ruled Madurai between 1529-1563.How did Pusapati Chinna Raju accompany him between 1600-1650?
7.They were sent to quell the riots in Seithur/Sivagiri.In what capacity?
Rajapalayam was not one of the palayams of the Madurai Nayak kingdom.
It was not a zamin under the British.There are no forts or palaces-existing or in ruin.
Yet a Valivarthy clan is supposed to be the zamindhars of Rajapalayam!Who are they?!
More questions than answers!Not so ,not so.How then?Questions have been raised.Answers must follow.
