Part 11 - End of the Matsya dyansty

The Matsya kingdom ended with Singaraja in A.D. 1471 and was replaced by the Pusapati and Madgole Zamindaries owing, allegiance to the Gajapatis. The egigraphist says “the small estate of Veddadi (now connected with Modugula (Gazetteer: Visagapatam district p. 319f) must have eventually passed into the hands of Pusapati kings of Vizianagram of whom Mitaramaraju Vijayaramarajn is stated to have been ruling the Machcha (Matsyas country) in s 1618 (A.D. 1736-37) and to have made on that occasion a gift of land for the maintenance of music in Kesavaswami temple at chodavaram (56 of 1912).”

The Madgole zamindars claim descent from the Matsyas of Oddadi and bear the title of chiefs (lords) of Oddadi. The family “claim descent from the sovereigns of Matsya desa, who were closely connected with the Pandava race.” They are installed on a stone throne at Poderu, shaped like a fish, display a fish on their banners, use a figure of a fish as their signature and jealously protect from harm the masheer in the Matsya gundam (fish pool). Some of their dependents were earning shaped like fish. The zamindars of Guda call themselves lords of Oddadi.