The fourth tradition makes a slight variation from the third one and states that two Hindu brothers took service under the Deccan Mohammedans and did some distinguished work for them. But feeling repentance for having acted against their religious scruples, they left the service of the Mohammedan prince, fled to the hills of Anagondi, collected some people there and with the help of the great sage Vidyaranya, established the kingdom of Vijayanagara and built the royal city.