He patronised Kannada poets Mallanarya who wrote Veera-saivamrita, Bhava-chinta-ratna and Satyendra Chola-kathe, Chatu Vittal-anatha who wrote Bhaga-vatha, Timmanna Kavi who wrote a eulogy of his king in Krishna Raya Bharata.

He patronised poets and scholars in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil and Sanskrit.

Krishna Deva Raya patronised Tamil poet Haridasa and Tamil literature soon began to flourish as the years passed by.

She entertained the famous Marathi poet, Moropant and the shahir, Anantaphandi from Maharashtra, and also patronised the Sanskrit scholar, Khushali Ram.

She continues her ascent first in post-war Paris and then in London where she is patronised by the great Marquis of Steyne, who covertly subsidises her and introduces her to London society.

He was patronised by the great Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha.

The Gun Tavern was one of the great resorts for foreigners of revolutionary tastes during the end of the 18th century, whilst Grenier's Hotel was patronised by French refugees.

He also patronised the great Indian Jain mathematician Mahāvīra ( mathematician ).

The couple enjoyed hunting as well as music – Mariana Victoria was an accomplished singer – patronised Italian opera singers and the theatre but were both passionately religious.

Muthuswami Dikshitar, one of the triad of Carnatic music also was patronised in his final years by the ruler of Ettayapuram.

Anne particularly loved music and patronised the lutenist and composer John Dowland, previously employed at her brother's court in Denmark, as well as " more than a good many " French musicians.

Because Anna Maria Luisa patronised many musicians, the contemporary Palatine court enjoyed regard as an international centre of music.

He became equally popular with classical music audience and people who patronised film music.

Many English lords not only spoke the Irish language, but extensively patronised Irish poetry and music, and were described as Hiberniores Hibernis ipsis ( more Irish than the Irish themselves ).

Rama Raya patronised the Sanskrit scholar Rama Amatya.

A scholar and musician himself, he patronised intellectuals and poets during his tenure.

In both locales, Doric was the court style rather than a popular movement, and was heavily patronised by Frederick William II and Ludwig I as the expression of their desires for their respective seats to become the capital of Germany.

One of his final acts was to order the erection of a statue of Galileo Galilei, who was patronised by his great-grandfather Cosimo II and his grandfather Grand Duke Ferdinando II, in the Basilica of Santa Croce.

Alfonso II patronised many composers, not just from Catalonia, and even wrote Occitan poetry himself.

Following World War II, the Carols became so well patronised that the decision was made to move it to the neighbouring park in King's Domain.

Alexander also patronised Saint Andrews, granting lands intended for an Augustinian Priory, which may have been the same as that intended to honour his wife.

Several Biblical stories allude to the belief that the Canaanite gods all existed and possessed the most power in the lands that worshiped them or in their sacred objects ; their power was real and could be invoked by the people who patronised them.

He patronised various scholars, sufis, qadis, viziers and other functionaries in order to consolidate his rule.

The Barberini patronised painters such as Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain.

The Punch Bowl, Mayfair was at one time jointly owned by Madonna and Guy Ritchie and is known for the number of present-day celebrities that have patronised it.

He moved to Bath in 1759 where fashionable society patronised him, and he began exhibiting in London.

Edwin, probably ruling in Sussex, and perhaps also parts of Kent and Surrey, was buried at Abingdon, an abbey patronised by Ælfhere.

Clemens August patronised the arts ; among others he ordered to build the palaces of Augustusburg and Falkenlust in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, listed on the UNESCO cultural world heritage list, and the church of St Michael in Berg am Laim in Munich.

While the King retained the liberal charter, Charles patronised members of the ultra-royalists in parliament, such as Jules de Polignac, the writer François-René de Chateaubriand and Jean-Baptiste de Villèle and on several occasions, Charles voiced his disapproval of his brother's liberal ministries and threatened to leave the country unless Louis XVIII dismissed them.

He built up a good practise as a speech therapist and was patronised by Sir John Forbes MD FRS, who sent him pupils for twenty four years.

Juvarra was patronised by Victor Amadeus and was the mind behind the remodelling of the Royal Palace of Turin, Palace of Venaria, Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi as well as building the Basilica of Superga.

President Duvalier promoted and patronised members of the black majority in the civil service and the army.

George III and Queen Charlotte established their main summer court at Kew in the 1760s and 1770s and patronised artists such as Thomas Gainsborough and John Zoffany.

The hotel was patronised via steamboat between: Madison Park, Leschi Park, and the Eastside.

The master craftsmen he had patronised, however, such as Grinling Gibbons, refused to work for the lower rates paid by the Marlboroughs.

Seventh century Mercian rulers often patronised religious establishments outside the Mercian heartlands, perhaps as a way of gaining support in outlying provinces.

However, the priory was still patronised by the local nobility.

Although its existence in Indonesia pre-dates Islam, batik reached its high point in the royal Muslim courts such as Mataram and Yogyakarta, whose Muslim rulers encouraged and patronised batik production.

Nightclubs such as Fabric and Turnmills were the pioneers of the night life in the area, patronised on weekday nights by the many workers in nearby Holborn, Clerkenwell and the City ; at weekends, the night clubs and bars with late licences draw people into the area on their own merit.

It was patronised by Lady Ottoline Morrell, with whom Fry had a fleeting romantic attachment.

* 1181: The self-styled bodhisattva Jayavarman VII, a devout follower of Mahayana Buddhism ( though he also patronised Hinduism ), assumes control of the Khmer kingdom.

Duke Humphrey also patronised the Abbey of St. Albans