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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Madhavaraya Temple
మాధవరాయ దేవాలయం
Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh · 14.8133°, 78.2838°
Madhavaraya (Krishna)VijayanagaraVijayanagara
Sacred since
1500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 16th c. (Vijayanagara)
Vijayanagara
History & significance
A temple within the fort of Gandikota in Kadapa district, dated by its carving to the first quarter of the sixteenth century and recorded in contemporary inscriptions naming donors who offered garlands to the god. It is designated a Monument of National Importance.