PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Estate holders were...

1. Shri KRISHNACHARYA PURNAIYA, 1st Jagirdar of Yelandur 1807/1812, born 1746 in Coimbatore Dist., Regent of Mysore (30.6.1799) - (23.12.1811), he was granted the jagir of Yelandur by the Maharaja of Mysore at a special Durbar on 27th November 1807; married and had issue. He died 27th March 1812 at Srirangapatnam.

   • • Narasinga Rao (by first wife), married and had issue. He died 1808.

       • Shri Srinivasa Murthy (qv)

     • Shri Anantharamappa (by second wife) (qv)

2. Shri ANANTHARAMAPPA, 2nd Jagirdar of Yelandur 1812/1825, died spm in 1825.

3. Shri SRINIVASA MURTHY, 3rd Jagirdar of Yelandur 1825/1830, married and had issue. He died in 1830.

   • • Shri Narasinga Rao Krishnamurthy (qv)

4. Shri NARASINGA RAO KRISHNAMURTHY, 4th Jagirdar of Yelandur 1830/1858, married and had issue. He died in 1858.

   • • Sir Purnaiya Narasinga Rao Krishnamurthy (qv)

     • Narasinga Purniah, married and had issue.

       • Shri Narasinga Rao Purniah (qv)

       • Srinivas Murthy Purnaiya, born 1893, died 1961.

5. Sir PURNAIYA NARASINGA RAO KRISHNAMURTHY, 5th Jagirdar of Yelandur 1858/1911, born 1849, came into possession of the jagir in 1867; B.L. Madras University 1870 and Fellow 1898, Member of Mysore State Council of Regency 1895/1901, Prime Minister of Mysore 1901/-, received Delhi Imperial Assemblage Medals 1877 and 1903, C.I.E. [cr.1897], K.C.I.E. [cr.1903], married and had issue, one son (died young) and one daughter. He died 1911.

6. Shri NARASINGA RAO PURNIAH, 6th Jagirdar of Yelandur 1911/1920, born 1880, married and had issue. He died 1920.

   • Shri Nagaraja Rao Purnaiya (qv)

   • Seshagiri Rao Purnaiya, born 1916, married and had issue, three daughters. He died 1999.

     • Purnima Purnaiya

     • Pretima Purnaiya, married Shri Gopal Rao

     • Bindu Purnaiya

   • Kamala Purnaiya, born 1903, married Shri C. R. Rao, and had issue. She died 1978.

     • Saraswathi, married Shri Mohan Badami.

     • Lalitha, married Shri J. C. Javeri.

   • Sushila Purnaiya, born 1910, married 1925, Srinivasa IV Rao Saheb, 12th Jagirdar of Arni, and had issue. She died 1989.

   • Manjula Purniah, born 1912, married the Jagirdar of Hebli, and had issue. She died 1991.

     • Shri Seshagiri Rao Hebilkar

     • Shanta, married Shri J. Kikkeri

     • Vanmala, married Shri Rangan

     • Prema, married Shri Gautama.

7. Shri NAGARAJA RAO PURNAIYA, 7th Jagirdar of Yelandur 1920/1960, born 1906, married and had issue. He died 1960.

   • Shri Raghavendra Rao Purnaiya (qv)

   • Nirmala Purnaiya, married Shri Sathyanarayana.

8. Shri RAGHAVENDRA RAO PURNAIYA, 8th Jagirdar of Yelandur 1960/2001, born 1940, died 2001.