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it as an Agraharam, called Lakshminarasamambapuram in the name of his beloved mother.

His travels and pilgrimages are too many to be detailed here. He travelled from the Cape Comorin to the Himalayas, and visited almost all the important places of pious or public interest. So only a passing mention is made of the different important places. Among the holy places in the north may be mentioned Benares, Prayag, Harihara, Ayodhya, Muttra, Brindaban and Jagannath in the south Tirupati, Tiruvannamalai, Con- jeevarem, Chidambaram, Srirangam, Madura and Rameswaram; the chief towns and cities Calcutta, Bombay, Agra, Allahabad, Baroda and Bangalore. The Headquarters of his brothers Bobilli, Pittapur and Jatprole were visited by him more than once. It was during his second pilgrimage to Harihara, in 1915, that he purchased elephants and horses for his estate at a cost of Rs. 25,000. In his