A closer connection to the royal family exists through Yaduveer's mother, Leela Tripurasundari Devi, who is the daughter of Kantharaj Basavaraj Urs, holder of the Kallahalli feudal estates (under Mysore) and his wife Princess Gayatri Devi, the eldest daughter of Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, making the maharaja his maternal great-grandfather.

On this occasion, the "royal sword" was used to represent the majesty of the late head of the family and the rituals were conducted under this instrument of continuity.

Finally, on 12 February 2015, fourteen months after the death of her husband, the Pramoda Devi held a press conference at the Palace and announced the name of her 'adopted son designate', Yaduveer Gopalaraja Urs, son of Swaroop Anand Gopalraj Urs of Bettada Kote; Yaduveer is a grandson of Princess Gayatri Devi, the deceased eldest sister of the late head of family.

[citation needed] The announcement was met with both relief and acclaim across Old Mysore, where people were becoming disturbed at the unprecedented length of the interregnum.

The ceremony was a private affair, attended among many by the presiding chief minister Siddaramaiah, followed by a public procession late in the evening.

[8] In March 2024, he was announced as the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Mysore and Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency in the 2024 Indian general election.