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Vijayanagara Architecture

Vijayanagara architecture combined styles from previous southern Indian dynasties and was characterized by large temple complexes. Temples had highly decorated walls and pillars, multiple prayer halls, and were enclosed in walls. Famous temples included the Virupaksha Temple in Hampi with its large gateway tower, and the Hazara Rama Temple known for its extensive Ramayana sculptures. Palaces featured lotus-shaped pavilions and large audience halls, while civic structures included mansions, open-air pavilions and temple streets, reflecting the cosmopolitan empire. Sculptures of gods and scenes from epics adorned temples and shrines. Thus, the Vijayanagara period produced brilliant art and

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Vijayanagara Architecture

Vijayanagara architecture combined styles from previous southern Indian dynasties and was characterized by large temple complexes. Temples had highly decorated walls and pillars, multiple prayer halls, and were enclosed in walls. Famous temples included the Virupaksha Temple in Hampi with its large gateway tower, and the Hazara Rama Temple known for its extensive Ramayana sculptures. Palaces featured lotus-shaped pavilions and large audience halls, while civic structures included mansions, open-air pavilions and temple streets, reflecting the cosmopolitan empire. Sculptures of gods and scenes from epics adorned temples and shrines. Thus, the Vijayanagara period produced brilliant art and

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Q Vijayanagara Architecture resembles the cosmopolitan nature of the empire.

Explains the charecteristic feautures of Vijayanagara Architecture?

Introduction: the rulers of Vijayanagara who are great patrons of art and
architecture. The religious ideology gave great impetus to building activity.
They combined the features of chola, Pandya, chalukya , hoyasala architectural
style. Great architectural edifices were built at Hampi lepakshi , Vellore ,
chandragiri , Srirangam and Madurai.

ARCHITECTURE

Religious Courtly Civic Jain Sculpture


Architecture architecture architecture architecture

Religious architecture:
Features of temples:
● walls of the temples are highly decorated with carvings and geometrical
patterns
● Gopurams which are previously present on the front side now were built
on all sides
● Temple pillars have a mythical creature yali (horse) engraved in them
● Monolithic pillars and enclosing walls were larger
● More than one mandapas were built in each temple. The central mandapa
came to be known as kalyanamandapa
● The concept of secular buildings inside the temple premises were
introduced during this time. Temple complex is enclosed by boundaries.

● Sri virupaksha temple: gopura is medieval engineering marvel


● Hazara Ramaswamy temple: hazara 1000 scenes from Ramayana
decorated on the walls
● Krishna Swamy temple: there is even less of style employed in its
architecture only mandappa is ornamented. The whole structure consists
of principal shrine enclosed by pradakshina.
● Vittala Swami temple: mahamandapa and kalyanamandapa are
impressive. Walls with high platforms, ceilings are highly ornamented .
Sapta swara stamba gives music. Ferguson says finest of all temples in
South India .
● Lepakshi temple: it contents three shrines of Papavinasha ,viresha ,
raghunatha in Trikutachala with common mandapa
● Tadipatri temple: in this two temples are there : 1 . Rama lingeshwara
temple 2. Venkataramana temple, forms to large gopurams. Gopurams
and mahamandapa is compared to halebid. temples at chandragiri ,
Kanchipuram ( one of the largest gopuram in South India) ,Srirangam (
biggest in South India with 7 enclosures) , Chidambaram are famous
temples in Tamilnadu.
Courtly architecture:

Guard tower

Lotus mahal Lotus mahal:(Indo Islamic) foliate arches is


Islamic style. pillars is Dravidian style

Elephant stable
Civic architecture: places of public interaction

Ranga mandapa

Mahanavami Dibba

Temple street
● Beautiful mansions of the kings
Sculpture:
Nandi at lepakshi
At hampi Ugra Narasimha and Hanuman sculptures

Jain architecture:
● Ganagatti temple monolithic stamba in front of the shrine built by
irugappa danadanatha Jain minister of harihara-11.
Paintings
● Lepakshi: paintings of Shiva thandavam , Krishna with Gopikas and
Parvathi parameshwara playing , images of Vishnu avatara .
● Tadipatri: vatapatra Sai ki paintings
● Hazara Ramaswamy temple: images of Ramayana.
● Tandav siddeshwara temple: images of Shiva Purana .
● Christian paintings during venkatapathy raya-II got prominence.
Conclusion:
This period is the best and brilliant in art and architecture . the art in this
period continued to rely mostly on the chalukyan tradition . later it
incorporated the best traditions of tamil and kannad regions , reflecting the
cosmopolitan nature of the empire . the vijayanagara sculpture is extremely
excellent . thus rayas made rich cultural contribution to andhra desa.

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