There
are records to show that a revenue officer of the m's Government, by name Indupudi
Narayanarao, granted Akiripalli village as a free Agraharam to Lord Sobhaneswara in 1626
A.D. A Dharma Sasana to that effect was inscribed in a copper plate and the Agra- haram
was left to are of Devulapalli Atchyutabhagavantulu, the founder of the institution, for
the performance of the festivals of Sri Sobhanachalaswamy and for the benefit of temple
services.
Another grant by Venkatadri Apparao, in 1697 A.D. which is also inscribed in a copper
plate states that Akiripalli was granted as an Agraharam for the festivals of the temple
and for the maintenance of the temple services.
From the Kaifiat issued by one Tadepalli Chandra Kulakarni,
it is known that the village was dedicated to one Paidimarri Darmannagaru for the worship
of the temple.
Their descendants transferred thisAgraha- ram to the
temple. From another Kaifiat issued by one AnumanchiAtchyutaramaiah it is seen that some
local zamindars had also endowed some villages for the benefit of the Lord. |