He resided over a declining Hoysala kingdom, and was in constant war with the Turko-Persian Madurai Sultanate and an upcoming Vijayanagara Empire.
Veera Ballala III, his father had to accept defeat to the Turko-Persian Sultan Alauddin Khilji, pay a handsome tribute, and send Virupaksha to Delhi as an act of submission.
[1] Veera Ballala IV resided over a declining Hoysala kingdom, and was in constant war with the Turko-Persian Madurai Sultanate and an upcoming Vijayanagara Empire.
Even his general and cousin Ballappa Dandanayaka, who had served him and his father Veera Ballala III loyally now deserted him.
In spite of all these difficulties, he still put up a stiff resistance and it was only after a continuous struggle of 6 years (A.D. 1346) that the Vijayanagara rulers were able to conquer the whole of the Hoysala kingdom.