Vijayanagara

Vijayanagara was the capital city of the historic Vijayanagara Empire. Located on the banks of the , it spread over a large area and included sites in the , the , and others around these districts.
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  • Type: Ruin
  • Description: now ruins, previously the capital of Vijayanagara Empire founded in the 14th century
  • Also known as: “Bijanagara”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Matanga Hill and Virupaksha Temple.

Peak
, also known as Rishyamuka Parvata, is a rocky hill in the range, , , southern . The hill is supposedly a holy land from the Hindu Ramayana epic.

Hindu temple
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The Virūpaksha Temple is located in in the of , India, situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. Built in the 7th-century, it is dedicated to Virupaksha, a form of Shiva. is situated 1¼ km northwest of Vijayanagara.

Museum
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum, which is situated 2 km northeast of Vijayanagara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hampi.

Photo: Dan Brady, CC BY 2.0.
, in the state of , , is the site of the once-magnificent capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Vijayanagara

Latitude
15.325° or 15° 19′ 30″ north
Longitude
76.465° or 76° 27′ 54″ east
Elevation
431 metres (1,414 feet)
Open location code
7J7R8FG8+22
Geo­Names ID
8133989
Wiki­data ID
Q1611788
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Vijayanagara” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বিজয়নগর”
  • Breton: “Vijayanagara”
  • Chinese: “Vijayanagara”
  • Chinese: “毗奢耶那伽罗城”
  • Chinese: “毗奢耶那伽羅”
  • Dutch: “Vidyayanagar”
  • Dutch: “Vijayanagar”
  • Dutch: “Vijayanagara”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فيجاياناجارا”
  • French: “Vijayanagara”
  • Goan Konkani: “विजयनगर”
  • Hausa: “Vijayanagara”
  • Hindi: “बीजानगर”
  • Hindi: “विजयनगर”
  • Indonesian: “Wijayanagara”
  • Italian: “Vijayanagar”
  • Italian: “Vijayanagara”
  • Japanese: “ヴィジャヤナガル”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಜಯನಗರ”
  • Korean: “비자야나가라”
  • Malagasy: “Vijayanagara”
  • Malay: “Vijayanagara”
  • Malayalam: “വിജയനഗര”
  • Marathi: “विजयनगर”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vijayanagara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vijayanagara”
  • Norwegian: “Vijayanagara”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਜੈਨਗਰ”
  • Polish: “Widźajanagar”
  • Polish: “Widżajanagar”
  • Russian: “Виджаянагара”
  • Russian: “Видьянагара”
  • Slovenian: “Vidžajanagara”
  • Swedish: “Bisnagur”
  • Swedish: “Vijayanagara”
  • Swedish: “Vijayavanpura”
  • Tamil: “விஜயநகரம்”
  • Telugu: “బిజనగర”
  • Telugu: “విజయనగరం”
  • Turkish: “Vijayanagar”
  • Ukrainian: “Віджаянагар”
  • Ukrainian: “Віджаянагара”
  • Urdu: “وجیانگر”
  • “Vijayanagara”

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