A fifth tale runs to the effect that two brothers by name Hakka and Bukka, guards of the treasury of Pratapa Rudra Deva of Warangal, came to their spiritual Guru Vidyaranya, who was then the head of the monastery of Sringeri and with his help and influence, they founded the city of Vijayanagara in A.D. 1336. Hakka was made the first King and was succeeded by his brother Bukka.

This narrative is based on the findings of Dr. Francis Buchanan in his book "Travels in Southern India". Dr. Buchanan was a doctor in the East India Company. In his book, he mentions that he visited Beidur in Mysore in A.D. 1801. A Brahmin by name Ramappa Varmika, showed him a Sanskrit book in his possession called the "Vidyarayana Sikka" which related that the founders fo Vijayanagara were Hakka and Bukka, guards of the treasury of Pratapa Rudra. They fled from Warangal, sought the help of Vidyaranya and established a new dynasty and founded the city of Vijayanagara.