Place · Vijayanagara palace temple · India
Hazara Rama Temple, Hampi
Also known as Hazara Ramaswamy Temple
The Hazara Rama Temple inside the Royal Enclosure at Hampi — the private chapel of the Vijayanagara kings, built in the early 15th century under Devaraya II. 'Hazara Rama' = 'a thousand Ramas', from the continuous frieze of Ramayana reliefs that wraps the outer wall in a single pictorial narrative: Sita's abduction, the alliance with Sugriva, the construction of Ram Setu, the battle at Lanka, the coronation at Ayodhya. The inner sanctum carried the Pattabhirama icon (Rama enthroned) and the pillared mandapa has four finely-carved black granite monoliths — the only black-stone pillars in a Hampi temple.
- Date
- 1420–1446
- Periods
- Vijayanagara
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Patron dynasty
- Vijayanagara
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.336, 76.466
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- Site withinHampi / Vijayanagara
The Hazara Rama Temple stands inside the Royal Enclosure at Hampi — the private chapel of the Vijayanagara kings. The 15th-century foundation under Devaraya II made it the earliest major temple inside the royal centre. The continuous Ramayana wall-relief that wraps its outer prakara gave the building its name — 'a thousand Ramas'.