History and Historiography / Martim Afonso de Sousa's Grand Plan to Loot Tirumala Ends in a Monumental Flop and Burns a Temple in Kollam The concluding part of this series narrates how Afonso had to hastily abandon his great plan to loot the wealth of Tirumala. Instead, he chose to burn down and loot a Hindu temple in Kollam. By Sandeep Balakrishna / 2 Aug 2021