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They captured and beheaded the king Aliya Rama Raya, [40] [41] followed by a massive destruction of the infrastructure fabric of Hampi and the metropolitan Vijayanagara. [10] [42] The city was pillaged, looted and burnt for six months after the war, then abandoned as ruins, which are now called the Group of Monuments at Hampi. [10] [42] [note 1]
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 ...
Virupaksha Temple (ʋɪruːpaː'kʂɐ) is located in Hampi in the Vijayanagara district of Karnataka, India, situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra, a 7th-century temple of Lord Shiva. It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple is dedicated to Sri Virupaksha.
Group of Monuments at Hampi: Karnataka: 1986 241bis; i, iii, iv (cultural) Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire until its abandonment after its sacking and pillaging by the Deccan sultanates in 1565. For about 200 years, it was a prosperous multi-cultural city that left several monuments in the Dravidian style as well as the Indo ...
Hampi Vijayanagara c.1406-1542 UNESCO World heritage site Chandikeshwara [12] [17] Hampi Vijayanagara c.1545 UNESCO World Heritage Site Uddhana Virabhadra [17] [18] Hampi Vijayanagara c.1545 UNESCO World Heritage Site Pattabhirama [12] [19] Hampi Vijayanagara c.1529-1546 UNESCO World Heritage Site Alvar group [20] Hampi Vijayanagara c.1556
The monuments in and around Hampi, in the Vijayanagara district, are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In addition to building new temples, the empire added new structures and made modifications to hundreds of temples across South India.
Hampi and the Matanga Hill temples are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1986), as they were rediscovered by the British Raj in the year 1800. UNESCO built hotels, hice, restaurants and small stores under a jurisdiction on ancient Hindu relics in 2012, at the cost of the homes of 300 people and the Virupaksha Temple.
Hampi, an ancient human settlement mentioned in Hindu texts, houses pre-Vijayanagara temples and monuments. [4] In the early 14th century, the dominant Kakatiyas , Seuna Yadavas , Hoysalas , and the short-lived Kampili kingdom , who inhabited the Deccan region, were invaded and plundered by armies of Khalji and later Tughlaq dynasties of the ...