Part 10 - Other Kona Haihaya rulers

A Mallanasaminayadu, son ot Mahamandalesvara Kona Mummadi Bhimaraja is known from a record at Achanta dated A.D. 1152. Another record there with date 1172 A.D. mentions Kona Mummadi Bhimaraju and his sons Sommayaka and Lokiraju. Probably Mummadi Bhima of the two records is identical with Mummadi Bhima III and Lokiraju with Lokamahipala. If so Sominayaka may be identified with Mallanasaminayadu the latter being the corrupt form of the former and Mallana(ma) may be the name of his mother. A Somayaraja is mentioned in a record from Ganapavaram with date A.D. 1195. If Sominayaka and Somayaraja are identical, must be he was a provincial governor under Bhima III and ruled over Ganapavaram and Achanta from about A.D. 1152 to 1195 for forty-three years till the period of Mallideva and’ Manmasatya II.

A Kona Rajendra choda Vennachodaya bearing the Kona Haihaya prasasti and his wife Nimmale Devi, daughter of Premkanti Virappa Reddi are mentioned in a record from Draksharama dated A.D. 1237. Vennachoda’s relationship to the main line is not known. A Kona Betaraja figures in a record from Kumaradevam dated A.D. 1247.