Art and architecture during the reign of krishnadevaraya
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As soon as he became the king, Krishnadevaraya built a mantapa at the Virupaksha temple which is the lone surviving temple in Hampi. This mantapa, a smaller gopura on the interior premises of the temple, and of course the central pillared hall were all his additions to the temple. He was a major patron for the temple throughout his reign like most Vijayanagara emperors. The Krishna temple was built by him in 1513 after his successful campaign in Odisha. It has been abandoned after the sack of Hampi due to extensive damage and no worship happens over here.
The construction of the Hazara Rama temple also commenced in the same year but was finished sometime later. Its actual name is Ramachandra temple but due to the recurrence of several images of Rama, it is called as Hazara Rama temple. These are some of the images taken by me of the Hazara Rama temple.


In 1520, Krishnadevaraya built a new city a few miles away from Vijayanagara. He named it as Nagalapura in the memory of his mother Nagala Devi or Nagalambika.Since it was a new city, the people started referring to it as Hosapete. Hosa and pete mean new and city respectively in Kannada and this name stuck to the place. It became known as Hosapete and even today, it is known as Hosapete or Hospet and is present in the Ballari district of Karnataka. It is located at a distance of about 12–15 km from Hampi. Robert Sewell in A Forgotten Empire has remarked that Nagala Devi was the wife of Krishnadevaraya. This is incorrect and she was actually his mother.
In 1528, the mighty statue of Narasimha was constructed near the Krishna temple. It was originally built depicting the Lord Narasimha in the form of Lakshmi Narasimha or Yoga Narasimha. However, it was damaged severely during the sack of Hampi and now only the statue of Narasimha and that too is very much damaged. Due to the ferocity that is associated with Narasimha and because the statue of Lakshmi is no longer present alongside Narasimha, the present statue of Narasimha is often called as Ugra Narasimha. The picture below was taken by me last year when I visited Hampi.

The Vitthala temple complex or the Vijaya Vitthala temple complex is arguably the most beautiful and the most brilliant temple built during the Vijayanagara era. It is unclear as to which king actually built the complex but most scholars and historians have analysed it and remarked that the entire complex was built in the 16th century, somewhere during the beginning and the middle of the century. Krishnadevaraya ruled from 1509 to 1529 and it is very much possible that he contributed largely in the construction of the temple. Actually the idol of Vitthala from the famous temple of Pandharpur was brought to Vijayanagara and placed in this very temple during the reign of Krishnadevaraya. This was done since there was large fear that the idol might be destroyed by the Adil Shahi ruler who controlled Pandharpur. After the Adil Shahi ruler was routed by Krishnadevaraya and could no longer threaten Pandharpur, the idol was returned back to Swami Bhanudasor Sant Bhanudas who was the great grandfather of Sant Eknath. The idol then returned to Pandharpur.
Till the sack of Hampi, it was the Vitthala temple which received maximum patronage from the rulers, which most probably was during the reign of Krishnadevaraya and his successor and brother Achyutaraya. The famous stone chariot or the Garuda ratha and the musical pillars are both located in this same temple complex. It also suffered extensive damage during the sack of Hampi and no worship takes place over here. However, it is arguably the most beautiful example of the Vijayanagara style of architecture even in its ruined form. The Puranadara mantapa is located just behind this temple and on the banks of the Tungabhadra river.
The view of the Vitthala temple complex taken from the Anjanadri Hill.
It has been a long gap between my last post and this one, more than a month gap I guess. Will try to reduce the gap and wind up the series on Krishnadevaraya. In this post, we had a look on the contribution of the great king towards architecture. In the upcoming posts, we shall have a look on the cultural and literary achievements during the glorious reign of Krishnadevaraya.
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The construction of the Hazara Rama temple also commenced in the same year but was finished sometime later. Its actual name is Ramachandra temple but due to the recurrence of several images of Rama, it is called as Hazara Rama temple. These are some of the images taken by me of the Hazara Rama temple.


In 1520, Krishnadevaraya built a new city a few miles away from Vijayanagara. He named it as Nagalapura in the memory of his mother Nagala Devi or Nagalambika.Since it was a new city, the people started referring to it as Hosapete. Hosa and pete mean new and city respectively in Kannada and this name stuck to the place. It became known as Hosapete and even today, it is known as Hosapete or Hospet and is present in the Ballari district of Karnataka. It is located at a distance of about 12–15 km from Hampi. Robert Sewell in A Forgotten Empire has remarked that Nagala Devi was the wife of Krishnadevaraya. This is incorrect and she was actually his mother.
In 1528, the mighty statue of Narasimha was constructed near the Krishna temple. It was originally built depicting the Lord Narasimha in the form of Lakshmi Narasimha or Yoga Narasimha. However, it was damaged severely during the sack of Hampi and now only the statue of Narasimha and that too is very much damaged. Due to the ferocity that is associated with Narasimha and because the statue of Lakshmi is no longer present alongside Narasimha, the present statue of Narasimha is often called as Ugra Narasimha. The picture below was taken by me last year when I visited Hampi.

The Vitthala temple complex or the Vijaya Vitthala temple complex is arguably the most beautiful and the most brilliant temple built during the Vijayanagara era. It is unclear as to which king actually built the complex but most scholars and historians have analysed it and remarked that the entire complex was built in the 16th century, somewhere during the beginning and the middle of the century. Krishnadevaraya ruled from 1509 to 1529 and it is very much possible that he contributed largely in the construction of the temple. Actually the idol of Vitthala from the famous temple of Pandharpur was brought to Vijayanagara and placed in this very temple during the reign of Krishnadevaraya. This was done since there was large fear that the idol might be destroyed by the Adil Shahi ruler who controlled Pandharpur. After the Adil Shahi ruler was routed by Krishnadevaraya and could no longer threaten Pandharpur, the idol was returned back to Swami Bhanudasor Sant Bhanudas who was the great grandfather of Sant Eknath. The idol then returned to Pandharpur.
Till the sack of Hampi, it was the Vitthala temple which received maximum patronage from the rulers, which most probably was during the reign of Krishnadevaraya and his successor and brother Achyutaraya. The famous stone chariot or the Garuda ratha and the musical pillars are both located in this same temple complex. It also suffered extensive damage during the sack of Hampi and no worship takes place over here. However, it is arguably the most beautiful example of the Vijayanagara style of architecture even in its ruined form. The Puranadara mantapa is located just behind this temple and on the banks of the Tungabhadra river.
The view of the Vitthala temple complex taken from the Anjanadri Hill.
It has been a long gap between my last post and this one, more than a month gap I guess. Will try to reduce the gap and wind up the series on Krishnadevaraya. In this post, we had a look on the contribution of the great king towards architecture. In the upcoming posts, we shall have a look on the cultural and literary achievements during the glorious reign of Krishnadevaraya.
Hope it helps.
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