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Virupaksha Temple, Hampi

Hampi, Vijayanagara District, Karnataka Shaiva tradition; Vijayanagara imperial capital

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 29, 2026. Next scan Oct 29, 2026.

Photograph

Earliest republishable photograph in this record.

Photograph from 1856 by Alexander John Greenlaw showing the Virupaksha Temple complex at Hampi.

Temple complex, 1856

Oldest named photograph of this temple stored here. Alexander John Greenlaw photographed the Virupaksha complex at Hampi in 1856. His Hampi series is widely treated as the earliest extensive photographic record of Vijayanagara.

1856 Alexander John Greenlaw, 1856. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source and license

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Temple complex Unknown or insufficient evidence · Medium confidence No measured plan is stored. The feature is named from the secondary account and the historic photographs, not from a drawing.