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Vijayanagara (transl. 'City of Victory') is a city located in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka state in India. [2] Vijayanagara was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire . [ 2 ] Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River , it spread over a large area and included sites in the Vijayanagara district , the Ballari district ...
Vijayanagara district is a district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, located in the Kalyana-Karnataka region. [1] [2] Vijayanagara was officially carved out of Ballari on 17 November 2021 to become the 31st district of the state with Hospet as the district headquarters. [3] [4] It is home to Hampi, the former capital of the famous ...
Hampi or Hampe (Kannada:), also referred to as the Group of Monuments at Hampi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the town of Hampi in Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India. [2] Hampi predates the Vijayanagara Empire; it is mentioned in the Ramayana and the Puranas of Hinduism as Pampa Devi Tirtha Kshetra.
The Vijayanagara Empire, [a] also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty , belonging to the Yadava clan of Chandravamsa lineage.
Hampi, known as Kishkindha in the Ramayana age is a city in the Vijayanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka. [2] Located along the Tungabhadra River in the east and center part of the state, Hampi is near the city of Hospet. It is famous for hosting the Hampi Group of Monuments with the Virupaksha Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site ...
Hospet (officially Hosapete) is the largest and fastest-growing industrial city and district headquarters of the Vijayanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka. [2] Hospet is known as "the steel city of Karnataka". [3] It is located on the bank of the Tungabhadra River and is 13 km (8.1 mi) from Hampi (Vijayanagar).
I used Image:India-locator-map-blank.svg as base and edited myself using inkspace and created it by looking at the following sources. * Dr. Suryanath U. Kamath, A Concise history of Karnataka from pre-historic times to the present, Jupiter books, MC: 16:49, 24 January 2007: 1,651 × 1,753 (432 KB) Mlpkr
Virupaksha temple, Raja Gopura (main tower over entrance gate) at Hampi, Karnataka Typical dravidian style Shikhara (superstructure) over shrines at the Raghunatha temple in Hampi Typical dravidian shrine and mantapa of the Vijayanagara period at Balakrishna temple in Hampi. Vijayanagara architecture of 1336–1565 CE was a notable building ...