Obv:
Garuda
Rev:
Nagari Legend sri ra / ga va
Obv:
Standing figure of Rajagopalaswamy
Rev:
Nagari Legend sri vi ja ya ra ga va
Obv:
Standing figure of Rajagopalaswamy
Rev:
Nagari Legend sri vi ja ya ra ga va
Vijaya Raghava Nayak (1634–1673), was the last of the Nayak Kings
of Thanjavur. He was also called Mannaru Dasa; and like the rest of his family,
he built prakaras, gopurams, mandapams and tanks in the Mannargudi
Rajagopalaswamy temple. Vijayaraghava's long reign witnessed a large amount of
literary output both in music and Telugu literature.
Vijayaraghava’s court had
a number of poets and literary scholars. Vijayaraghava Nayak wrote more than
thirty books in Telugu. His long reign was sadly brought to an abrupt end by
Chokkanatha Nayak of Madurai.
