[3] Foiled in the first attempt Krishnappa Nayaka sent another army under the command of late general's son Chinna Kesava along with about a thirteen polygars the second attempt was successful Tumbichchi Nayaka was captured and Beheaded by Chinna Kesava.

Outraged at this Krishnappa called the services of his fifty two polygars with their troops embarked for Ceylon and landed at Mannar.

[10][11][12] In 1565 the Sultan rulers of the Deccan defeated Vijayanagar, the suzerain of the Nayaks, at the battle of Talikota.

Vijayanagar had to abandon their capital Vijayanagara and reestablish at Penukonda in Anantapur, then reestablish at Vellore Fort and Chandragiri near Tirupathi, which later granted land to the British East India Company to build a fort at the present day Chennai.

Their governors at Madurai, Kalahasti, Gingee and Tanjore still paid them tribute and other marks of respect; but in later years, when their suzerainty became weak, the Nayaks ruled independently.