Virupaksha Temple, Hampi

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.

The article identifies the Shiva temple at Hampi. The Greenlaw 1856 photograph is a separate source.

Greenlaw’s 1855–56 negatives are the earliest known extensive photographs of Hampi. Later reprinting in 1910 does not change the negative date used here.