Place · Vijayanagara Vaishnava temple · India
Achyutaraya Temple, Hampi
Also known as Tiruvengalanatha Temple
The Achyutaraya Temple (also Tiruvengalanatha Temple), set in the valley between Matanga and Gandhamadana hills, was consecrated in 1534 — the last major imperial temple of Vijayanagara, built during the reign of Achyuta Deva Raya by his minister Hiriya Tirumalaraya. Dedicated to Vishnu as Tiruvengalanatha, it is laid out as a double-prakara enclosure with an eastern gateway opening onto the one-kilometre Soolay Bazaar (courtesan's bazaar) that ran east towards the river. The site is unusually quiet because it survived the 1565 sack of Hampi largely intact — the Deccan sultanate armies that destroyed the central temples did not reach this valley.
- Date
- 1534
- Periods
- Vijayanagara
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Patron dynasty
- Vijayanagara
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.338, 76.470
Connections (2)
- Site withinHampi / Vijayanagara
The Achyutaraya Temple sits in the valley between Matanga Hill and Gandhamadana Hill inside the Hampi archaeological zone. Consecrated in 1534, it is the last imperial Vijayanagara temple built at Hampi and survived the 1565 sack largely intact because the Deccan sultanate armies that destroyed the central temples did not reach this valley on the eastern edge of the city.
- PatronageAchyuta Deva Rāya
The Achyutaraya Temple was consecrated in 1534 during the reign of Achyuta Deva Raya by his minister Hiriya Tirumalaraya and dedicated in his name as the royal foundation of the new reign — the last imperial Vijayanagara temple built at Hampi before the 1565 sack.