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| Achyuta Deva Raya | |
|---|---|
| Rajadhiraja | |
 Statues depicting Achyuta Deva Raya (left) and his empress (right) | |
| Emperor of Vijayanagara | |
| Reign | 30 November 1529 – c. 1542 CE |
| Coronation | 30 November 1529 Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire |
| Predecessor | Krishnadevaraya |
| Successor | Venkata I |
| Born | Unknown Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire (modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India) |
| Died | c. 1542 Vijayanagara, Vijayanagara Empire (modern day Hampi, Karnataka, India) |
| Consorts | Tirumalamba Varadambika |
| Issue | Venkata I |
| Dynasty | Tuluva |
| Father | Tuluva Narasa Nayaka |
| Mother | Obamamba[1] |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Achyuta Deva Raya (r. 1529 - 1542 CE) was an emperor of Vijayanagara who succeeded his older brother, Krishnadevaraya, after the latter's death in 1529 CE.[2]
During his reign, Fernao Nuniz, a Portuguese-Jewish traveller, chronicler and horse trader visited India and spent three years in Vijayanagara.[3]
Achyutaraya patronised the Kannada poet Chatu Vittalanatha, the great composer and singer Purandaradasa, one of the major proponents of Carnatic music, and the Sanskrit scholar Rajanatha Dindima II. Upon his death, the succession was disputed. His son Venkata I succeeded him but ruled for a very short period and was killed in a chaotic succession dispute in which many claimants to the throne were killed. The dispute ended when his nephew, (younger brother's son) Sadasiva Raya, finally became the emperor while yet a child, under the regency of Rama Raya, a son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya. His wife's name was probably Varadambika. Sadasiva Raya was probably the son of Varadambika's sister Hemavati and her husband Ranga Raya.
- ^ Ayyangar, Krishnaswamy (1919). Sources of Vijayanagar History. Chennai: University of Madras. p. 16.
- ^ Pletcher, Kenneth (15 August 2010). The History of India. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. p. 155. ISBN 978-1-61530-122-5.
- ^ Datta, Nonica (2003). Indian History: Ancient and medieval. Encyclopaedia Britannica (India) and Popular Prakashan, Mumbai. p. 292. ISBN 978-81-7991-067-2.