Vijayanagara

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Vijayanagara is in Bellary District, northern Karnataka. It is the name of the now-ruined capital city, located at 15°19?N 76°28?E, of the historic Vijayanagara empire which extended over the southern part of India. Most of the city lies on the south bank of the Tungabhadra River. The city was built around the original religious centre of the Virupaksha temple at Hampi. Other holy places lie within its environs, including the site of what is said to be Kishkindha where a Hanuman temple, the cave home of Anjana, Kesari and Shabari, a holy pond named the Pampasarovar are located. It also contains the cave home of Sugriva, the monkey king of the Ramayana.