Vijayanagar

Also known as Bijanagara

Vijayanagara () is a city located in Vijayanagara district of Karnataka state in India. Vijayanagara was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River, it spread over a large area and included sites in the Vijayanagara district, the Ballari district, and others around these districts. A part of Vijayanagara ruins known as the Group of Monuments at Hampi has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Settlement.name: Vijayanagara
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: View of the Virupaksha temple complex from Hemakuta hill.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Virupaksha Temple, Vijayanagara, Karnataka
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Karnataka#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Karnataka, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Karnataka
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Vijayanagara
Settlement.founder: Harihara and Bukka
Settlement.named_for: City of Victory
UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS: Groups of Monuments at Hampi
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Image: Hampi virupaksha temple.jpg
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Location: Hampi (City), Vijayanagara district, Karnataka, India
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria: Cultural: i, iii, iv

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Instance of: historical period
Country: India
Located in: Vijayanagara District
Area: 650
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Image: ShrineInTankVijayanagara.jpg

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Commons category: Vijayanagara
described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

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