PRESENT RULER: Raja ACHUTYA DEVA RAYA, Zamindar of Anegundi, Senior Representative of the Royal House of Vijayanagar since 1984.

born 4th August 1936, adoptive son of Rani Lal Kumari, Guru (Religious Head) of the Hindu Kshatriya Community, enjoys the customary privileges and honours at Hampi Temple and at Anegondi Temple, during all religious functions as well as Muslim festivals, married Rani Chandrakanta Devi, born 11th October 1946, and has issue. (Anegondi House, Hospet, India)

• Krishna Kumari, born 3rd October 1966, married Bharatraju Cheluvaraju.

• Shri Krishna Deva Raya, born 6th October 1970, married Rathnashree Raya, born 11th July 1975, and has issue.

  • Tirumala Venkata Deva Raya, born 4th December 2000.

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Subject to the Rulers of Bijapur and Golconda and then the territory of the old family estate of Anegundi was early in the eighteenth century held by the Rayas from the Mogul emperor of Delhi as a tributary state. In 1749 it was seized by the Mahrattas, and in 1775 it was reduced by Haidar Ali of Mysore, but continued to exist as a tributary quasi-independent state till the time of Tipu (Tippoo Sultan). Tipu, who never suffered from an excess of compunction or compassion when his own interests were at stake, annexed the estate bodily to his dominions in 1786. Thirteen years later he was killed at Seringapatam, and in the settlement that followed, the little territory was made over to the Nizam of Hyderabad, the English Government retaining all lands on their side of the Tungabhadra. Partly in compensation for this loss of land, the Government has till very recently paid an annual pension to the head of the Anegundi family. This was abolished in 1889 as no legal heir could be determined. In 1902 the allowance was set at 6,000Rs. Predecessors and Rulers were....

• Veera Venkatapathi Rayalu, scion of the Vijayanagar Kingdom, married and had issue. He died before 1799.

  • Raja Thirumala Deva Raju I (qv)

  • Chellamma Sahiba, married Kumara Raghavaraju Dalwai, and had issue.

    • Pedda Pampapathi Raju, married and had issue.

      • Rangapathi Raju

    • Chinna Pampapathi Raju, married and had issue.

      • Kumara Raghava Raju, married and had issue.

        • Sadasiva Raju

        • Kodanda Rama Raju

        • Rani Kuppamma Sahiba (see below)

        • Pampapathi Raju [Raja Pampathi Raya] (see below).

• Raja THIRUMALA DEVA RAJU I, Zamindar of Anegundi -/1824, married and had issue. He died 1824.

  • Narasimha Raju, married and had issue.

    • Kesamma Sahiba, married and had issue.

      • Raja Thirumala Deva Rayalu II (qv)

      • Lakshmi Devamma Sahiba, married and had issue.

        • Raja Pedda Narasimha Raju (qv)

  • Raja Vira Venkatapathi Raju II (qv)

• Raja VIRA VENKATAPATHI RAJU II, Zamindar of Anegundi 1824/1831, died sp in 1831.

• Raja THIRUMALA DEVA RAYALU II, Zamindar of Anegundi 1831/1866, married and had issue. He died 1866.

  • Raja Venkata Rama Rayalu (qv)

  • Raja Krishna Deva Rayalu (qv)

• Raja VENKATA RAMA RAYALU, Zamindar of Anegundi 1866/1871, married and had issue. He died 1871.

  • Venkamma Sahiba

  • Rani Narsingamma Sahiba (qv)

• Raja KRISHNA DEVA RAYALU, Zamindar of Anegundi 1871/1872, married (a), Rani Kuppamma Sahiba (qv), married (b), Rani Ijjamma Sahiba. He died sp in 1872.

• Raja PEDDA NARASIMHA RAJU, Zamindar of Anegundi 1872/1883, married Rani Narsingamma Sahiba. He died sp in 1883.

• Rani Narsingamma Sahiba, Zamindarani of Anegundi 1883/1889, married Raja Pedda Narasimha Raju (see above). She died sp in April 1889.

• Raja SRI RANGA DEVA RAYALU [Pampapathi Raju], Zamindar of Anegundi 1889/1918, he was granted the title of Raja in 1902 as a Hereditary distinction, married Rani Narasingamma, died 1962, and had issue. He died 10th December 1918.

  • Santha Kondamma

  • Tirumala Kondamma

  • Durbar Raja Krishna Deva Raya (qv)

  • Tirumala Deva Raya, married Rani Rajendra Kumari, died 17th January 1989, and had issue. He died 17th December 1996.

    • Raja Rama Deva Rayalu, married Vijaya Kumari.

    • Vijaya Kumari

    • Shankar Kumari

    • Harihara Deva Raya, died 20th August 1987.

  • Venkata Deva Raya, born 27th April 1919, married Rani Lakshmidevamma, and had issue. He died 27th November 1979.

    • Raja Achutya Deva Raya (qv)

    • Raja Sri Ranga Deva Rayalu, M.L.A. of Gangavati constituency, married Lalita Rani.

    • Raja Narasimha Deva Rayalu, Advocate and Central Notary of Hospet, married Mohini.

    • Raghu Deva Rayalu, died 24th December 1969.

• Rani Kuppamma Sahiba, Zamindarani of Anegundi 1918/1946, married Raja Krishna Deva Raya (see above), died sp in 1872, she adopted her brother (Pampapathi Rayalu) in 1888. She died 7th July 1946.

• Durbar Raja KRISHNA DEVA RAYA, Zamindar of Anegundi 1946/1966, born 30th November 1911, married Rani Lal Kumari, died sp on 4th November 1984. He died sp on 17th June 1966.

• Rani Lal Kumari, Zamindarani of Anegundi 1966/1984, married Durbar Raja Krishna Deva Raya (see above), born 30th November 1911, died sp 17th June 1966, she adopted Achyuta Deva Raya, son of Venkata Deva Raya and Rani Lakshmidevamma. She died sp on 4th November 1984.

• Raja ACHUTYA DEVA RAYA, Zamindar of Anegundi (see above)