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The temple is dedicated to Sri Virupaksha. The temple was built by Lakkan Dandesha, a nayaka (chieftain) under the ruler Deva Raya II, also known as Prauda Deva Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire. Hampi, capital of the Vijayanagar empire, sits on the banks of the Tungabhadra River (Pampa hole/Pampa river). Virupaksha Temple is the main center of ...
Virupaksha temple, ... and mantapa of the Vijayanagara period at Balakrishna temple in Hampi. Vijayanagara architecture of 1336–1565 CE was a notable building ...
Pattadakal (Pattadakallu), also called Raktapura, is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples in northern Karnataka, India.Located on the west bank of the Malaprabha River in Bagalkot district, this UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] [2] is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Badami and about 9.7 kilometres (6 mi) from Aihole, both of which are historically significant centres of Chalukya ...
The Virupaksha temple is the oldest shrine, ... and domes of the Indo-Islamic style. Its basement and pyramidal towers are based on Hindu temple architecture. [124]
The temple was complete in the first half of the 8th century based on epigraphical and textual evidence. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, yet reverentially displays deities, legends and ideas of Vaishnavism (e.g. three steps of Vishnu and the Vamana avatar) and Shaktism (e.g. Durga killing the shape-shifting evil buffalo demon).
The most famous temples are the Virupaksha Temple, Jain Narayana Temple and the Kashivishvanatha Temple at Pattadakal. The best known Virupaksha Temple, earliest of the temples in the Chalukyan series, was built by Queen Lokamahadevi in 745 to commemorate her husband's victory (Vikramaditya II 733–746) over the Pallavas of Kanchi.
Virupaksha temple is the largest and grandest of the temples in Pattadakal. It was built in the 8th century by Queen Lokamahadevi (Trilokyamahadevi) in 745 to commemorate the victory of her husband (Vikramaditya II) over the Pallavas of Kanchi.
The present Somnath temple was reconstructed in the Māru-Gurjara style of Hindu temple architecture in 1951. Veraval, Gujarat, India: 8 Konark Sun Temple: 130 [42] 230 before ruin [43] 13th century AD Konark Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), was built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva I (1236 C.E-1264 C.E.) of the Eastern Ganga ...