Krishna Temple
A 1513 CE temple built by Krishnadevaraya to mark his victory at Udayagiri, fronted by the ruined Krishna Bazaar.
Open
6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Entry
Free entry
Best time to go
Morning
Time to spend here
About 1 h
Crowds
Can get busy
Rarely crowded; easy to combine with Hemakuta Hill and the Sacred Centre just to the north.
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About this place
Krishnadevaraya built the Krishna (Balakrishna) Temple in 1513 to celebrate his conquest of Udayagiri in the eastern Deccan, enshrining an image of the infant Krishna he brought home as war booty. The Panchayatana-plan complex has a main shrine, layered mandapas and smaller shrines, and an eastern gopuram carved with the ten avatars of Vishnu and rare narrative panels. In front stretches the long colonnaded Krishna Bazaar with a stepped tank at its centre. The sanctum is empty today, the idol now in a Chennai museum, but the yali pillars and stucco warriors still show the empire at its confident height.
Where it is
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Photo credits
- Krishna Temple: Hampi, Krishna Temple, Inner Court, 2 · Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Krishna Temple: Krishna temple at Hampi · en User:Dineshkannambadi · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Krishna Temple: Bala Krishna temple at Hampi · Ilya Mauter · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Krishna Temple: Kannada inscription of Krishnadeva Raya (1513 AD) on shrine wall at the Krishna temple in Hampi · Dineshkannambadi · CC BY-SA 3.0
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