Irony
The irony of the incident was that Kanaka Dasa belonged to Kuruba caste, the same as Vijayanagar Emperors. Harihara Raya and Bukka Raya of the same Kuruba Gowda caste were responsible for the survival of Hinduism in the whole of south India, when they established the great Vijaynagar empire to protect Hindus and Hinduism from the onslaught of Islam. The Vijaynagar Emperors were great patrons of Hindu culture and heritage and built many great temples in south India which stand to this day as a testimony of the contribution of Kuruba Gowda people to Hinduism.
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