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    Hampi (town) (category Cities and towns in Vijayanagara district)
    Hampi or Vijayanagara is a town in the Vijayanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located along the Tungabhadra River in the east and center...
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    The Vijayanagara Empire (/vɪˌdʒəjəˈnɑːɡərə/; also called the Karnata Kingdom) was a medieval Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established...
    99 KB (11,778 words) - 17:24, 27 May 2024
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    Hampi (category Vijayanagara Empire)
    Hampi (City), Ballari district now Vijayanagara district, east-central Karnataka, India. Hampi predates the Vijayanagara Empire; it is mentioned in the Ramayana...
    83 KB (9,955 words) - 15:42, 21 May 2024
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    Battle of Talikota (category Battles involving the Vijayanagara Empire)
    watershed battle fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and an alliance of the Deccan sultanates. Despite the Vijayanagara army being larger, they were comprehensively...
    19 KB (2,011 words) - 13:55, 22 May 2024
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    Virupaksha Temple, Hampi (category Hindu temples in Vijayanagara district)
    Virupaksha Temple (ʋɪruːpaː'kʂɐ) is located in Hampi in the Vijayanagara district of Karnataka, India. It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi, designated...
    8 KB (890 words) - 04:47, 26 April 2024
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    Raya (1509–1529 CE), the most powerful Vijayanagara king, indicating further patronage. Most of the Vijayanagara inscriptions were written in Tamil, with...
    34 KB (3,623 words) - 05:44, 4 May 2024
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    monastery also provided the Vijayanagara empire administration with guidance on governance. The descendant rulers of the Vijayanagara empire regularly visited...
    39 KB (4,539 words) - 23:01, 28 April 2024
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    Diwali (redirect from Festival of Noise)
    16th-century Portuguese traveler Domingo Paes wrote of his visit to the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire, where Dipavali was celebrated in October with householders illuminating...
    122 KB (12,321 words) - 00:27, 16 February 2024
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    the demon Hiranya and other slaying him. The temple houses some rare Vijayanagara sculptures similar to the ones present in Soundararajaperumal Temple...
    7 KB (627 words) - 16:31, 11 March 2024
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    built by the Thanjavur Nayak king Achuthappa Nayak, a vassal of the Vijayanagara Empire. A granite wall surrounds the temple, enclosing all the shrines...
    15 KB (1,923 words) - 22:37, 28 April 2024
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    Narasimha Jayanti (category Hindu festivals)
    Inscriptions have also been found referring to the occasion dating back to the Vijayanagara Empire. Narasimha Jayanti is primarily observed by Vaishnavas, the adherents...
    12 KB (1,172 words) - 09:40, 25 April 2024
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    Kampana, a Vijayanagara commander and the son of Bukka I. In the last decade of the 14th century, a pillared antechamber was gifted by the Vijayanagara rulers...
    81 KB (9,424 words) - 17:31, 21 May 2024
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    and serpant vehicle to Varadharaja Temple and instituted a festival in honour of Vijayanagara king Krishnadevaraya. Another record dated 1726 CE mentions...
    30 KB (3,411 words) - 23:09, 28 April 2024
  • military activity in the Vijayanagara Empire, Kammas are believed to have spread out from the region during the Vijayanagara period, followed by some...
    45 KB (4,854 words) - 08:41, 13 May 2024
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    Mysore Dasara (category Animal festival or ritual)
    exact origin of the festival and how long back it dates is unknown. The festival played a historical role in the 14th-century Vijayanagara Empire, where it...
    20 KB (1,925 words) - 11:55, 12 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Meenakshi Temple
    contemporary temple is the result of rebuilding efforts started by the Vijayanagara Empire rulers who rebuilt the core and reopened the temple. In the 16th...
    92 KB (10,830 words) - 11:17, 23 May 2024
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    Chola and Vijayanagara period. The inscriptions on the walls of the temple are from the chola regime during the 11-12th centuries and Vijayanagara period...
    10 KB (1,135 words) - 22:42, 28 April 2024
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    is closely associated with the royal Navaratri celebrations under the Vijayanagara monarchy, during which the golu likely appeared, then the Nayakas and...
    20 KB (2,290 words) - 01:36, 12 April 2024
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    Vidyaranya (category Scholars from the Vijayanagara Empire)
    Advaita Vedanta. According to tradition, Vidyaranya helped establish the Vijayanagara Empire sometime in 1336, and served as a mentor and guide to three generations...
    32 KB (3,651 words) - 15:39, 21 February 2024
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    tiruponakam, and ponkal. Temple inscriptions from the Chola period to the Vijayanagara period detail recipes similar to pongal recipes of the modern era with...
    35 KB (3,475 words) - 17:32, 10 April 2024
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