Krishnadevaraya marched to Simhadri region from Rajmahendri but a Muslim general from Warangal serving the Gajapati and possibly a local ruler named as Citaph Khan alias Sitapati lead a large army of 60,000 archers and obstructed the Vijayanagar forces for a long time. The force held the positions tormenting the advancing soldiers of Krishnadevaraya until they finally managed to attack the rear with great difficulty. On the advice of Timmarusu and the increasing ferocity of the Odia forces, he halted his forces at Simhadri where he made some donations at the famous Varahalakshmi Narasimha temple and commissioned the building of the outer walls of the temple. Vijayanagar spies had reported the intact and unique fighting capacities of the Odia forces which they had witnessed at Cuttack.
