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Ananthasayanagudi, Vijayanagara district, Karnataka · 15.2781°, 76.4072°
A temple near Hampi raised in 1524 by Krishnadevaraya in memory of his dead son, its long rectangular sanctuary entered through triple doorways under a vaulted roof some 24 metres high. It falls within the Group of Monuments at Hampi, inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1986.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The image is said to have been carried here under an injunction not to look back; when the guide broke it, the figure would move no further and stayed at Holalu.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Vijayanagara
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