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VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE HAMPI-

1. VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE HAMPI….. TANVI VESANEKAR . VAISHNAVI CHAVAN .

2. VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE HAMPI HISTORY OF TEMPLE History Of  Virupaksha   Temple  in  Hampi  he  Virupaksha   Temple  is dedicated to lord Shiva, who is known here as  Virupaksha  the consort of the local Goddess Pampa, who is associated with the river Tungabhadra. The garbhagriha is square and enshrines a siva linga , which is being worshiped since the 7 th centure A.D . The god virupaksha was the tutelary deity of the vijayanagara kings. The mukhamantapa or rangamantapa was added in 1510 A.D by the king krishnadevaraya , to commemorate his coronation in 1509 A.D. The king krishnadevaraya not only built the mukhamantapa but also renovated the main entrance gopura, which has nine storey called bishtappayya gopura , measuring 25.6 m in height, dominates the surroundings. The left entance gopura of the inner prakara is called kanakagiri gopura, which was built by the chief of the place, which is near to anegundi . It is a lofty tower decorated on the exterior by many pilasters and this gopura leads to river Tungabhadra.

3. VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE HAMPI ARCHITECTURE The temple boasts little shrine, hall with a huge number of pillars, 3 antechambers. Besides, there are a few small shrines, a pillared monastery, and entrance way around the temple. Of all the available gateways, the eastern gateway is the greatest one here. It is about 50 meters in length and is nine-tiered. The gateway is made of brick includes gravel base and the court has different sub sanctums. The eastern gopuram is flourished with three storeys and northern gopuras have five storeys . The main pillared hall has a stone slab beside it that described how Krishnadevaraya king was contributed to this temple . Inside the temple, there are many pillars that support this thousand-year-old architecture. Each pillar is decorated and hand-carved with stories that reflected the glory of the rulers and the society. Two particular pillars are very famous as they depict hand carved stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. https://www.talkativeman.com/virupaksha-pampapathi-temple-hampi/

4. VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE HAMPI

5. The temple consists of a garbhagriha , antarala , sabhamandapa , and a maharangamandapa . The square garbhagriha has a Shiva Linga . It has a Dravidian type of sikhara with a kalasha on the top . The square sabhamandapa has four central pillars and sculptures of gods and goddesses of which Bedara Kannapp , Kiratarjuniya , Bhairava are important. It has two entrances at the north and south . The maharangamandapa added by Krishnadevaraya contains 38 pillars with entrances on three sides with flights of steps decorated with balustraded elephants. The pillars contain relief sculptures of Ramayana and Mahabharata. The ceilings have paintings of Tripurantaka , Parvati Kalyana , procession of Vidyaranya , etc. There are also stucco figures of Parvati Kalyana , Kalarimurti , Mahishamardini , etc.

6. Krishnadevaraya renovated the main eastern gopura , which is 170 feet in height, and it dominates the entire area. This main mahadvara or the gateway with its Dravidian gopura rises in ten diminishing tiers and is famous as ‘ hiriya gopura ’, meaning a huge gopura . This gopura has many stucco figures and decorative elements. The Bhuvaneshwari shrine contains beautifully executed Chalukyan doorway and Chalukyan pillars of the twelfth century A.D . As this is a living temple, devotees throng the portals of this temple to worship at the shrine of the sacred Virupaksha linga and to see the remnants of the Vijayanagara architecture and sculpture.