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MACHENAHALLI LAKSHMIDEVAMMA

This Story is about an young and brave farm girl in old Mysore state during 1790 when Tippu Sultan reign. Laksmidevamma was the youngest daughter of Dodda Byre Gowda who had seven sons and only one beautiful daughter. The Gowda family lived in Batawadi village near current Pavagada at Andhra and Mysore border. The area had a Nayak chieftain and he collected taxes from the villagers and managed village affairs and reported to Thippanayaka of Pavagada Division under Tippu Sultan kingdom.