491 23. Kalyana Mahal, Mangala Vilas and the Akkas Kalyana Mahal is said to be the residential quarters of the concubines of Serfoji II. This was founded in 1824 and it consisted of 24 ladies. It had rich endowment of lands and money. Ladu Boi and Bayamma Boi were among the occupants. Some twenty-three Kalyana Mahal ladies survived Serfoji II. * - - - -- - - - _ Mangala Vilas: swaji II had a large seraglio to which he gave the name Mangala Vilas. When Sivaji II died, he was survived by 42 ladies with 5 boys and 11 gigs of this group. A building called “Mangala Vilas’’ in the South Main Street, Thanjavur was the residential quarters of those children. One half of the Mangala Vilas ladies lived in the Ayan Mahal and the other half in the Huzur Mahal within the palace, They were described as Boi and Ammal. All of them were receiving Moin (allowance) while Sivaji was alive and they were awarded pension of Rs. 150 each p. m. after his demise. Their children also were recipients of pensiоп. Vijaya and Rajesri were the significant appellations to the names of --- - -- * - - _ - Mangąla Vilas children. * - " - -- - - -** *- : * = Observances like "Punyahavacanam” were aiso conducted for Mangala Vilas children, but the Rajah only would witness them. When Mangala Vilas ladies died the Rajah did not accompany the corpse to the cremation ground. Among the Mangala Vilas group, one was a Christian and another a Brahmin of Ayyangar caste. The Akkas were servant maids. They were considered to be the children of the Sirkar. One of the Akkas by name Yogambal who sentered service as a girl during Sivaji II was a witness in C. S. 26 of 1912 when she was 85-86 years old. The Akkas did not get themselves married; yet they begot children. They used to wear Tali and they wore the Tali only as an ornament. They were either fed at Mangela Vilas or Kalyana Mahal. They received salary of Rs. 5 to 8 per month. They adorned themselvas' with jewels. Some of them were religious-minded and munificent, o
