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Hampi, Chandrasekhara Temple Hampi is a village in northern Karnataka, India. It is located within the ruins of the city of Vijayanagara, the former capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple, as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as the Group of Monuments at Hampi. Most of Vijayanagara lies on the south bank of the Tungabhadra River. The city was built around the religious center of the Virupaksha temple complex at Hampi. The city of Vijayanagara was originally encompassed by seven lines of fortifications. These fortifications had a large number of bastions and gateways. The seventh and the innermost fortification enclosed the main city and is the best preserved. The extant monuments of Vijayanagara or Hampi can be divided into religious, civil and military buildings. While most of the monuments at Hampi are from the Vijayanagara period, a small proportion may be assigned to pre-Vijayanagara times. The Jain temples on Hemakuta hill, the two Devi shrines and some other structures in the Virupaksha temple complex predate the Vijanagara empire. The earliest amongst them, the Shaiva shrines with their stepped pyramidal vimanas or superstructures, date to the early Chalukyan period around ninth-tenth century AD. Chandrasekhara Temple is an ancient monument that is part of the Hampi Citadel area. It is one of the first Vijayanagara structures the visitors would encounter when they enter the Citadel area from Kamalapuram. In fact, this temple was on the ancient road that led to the Peddangadi veedi from Kamalapuram. Dated to the 16th century AD and dedicated to Lord Shiva, this temple is built in the typical dwikuta style. Shaiva dwarapalas adorn the doorway of the shrine. The east-facing shrine has a Dravida vimana with a circular stupa, whereas the south-facing Amman (Devi) shrine has a salasikhara. (source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara and www.indianetzone.com/62/chandrasekhara_temple_hampi.htm) |
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