 In 1336 AD, Vidyaranya, the royal preceptor of the Vijayanagar kings, showed the spot where it was buried to Harihara I, one of the founders of the Vijayanagar empire, who retrieved the throne.The throne was then used by the Vijayanagar kings at Anegondi for more than a century and a half.During the early part of the 17th century the Governor of Vijayanagar rulers at Srirangapatna obtained the throne.