Name: Virupaksha Temple.
Location: Hampi, Vijayanagara district, Karnataka, India.
Coordinates: 34.2149°N 75.5008°E.
The Virupaksha Temple is situated in Hampi, Karnataka, India’s Vijayanagara district. It is part of the Hampi Group of Monuments, an area recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Sri Virupaksha, an avatar of Shiva, is the temple’s patron god. Lakkan Dandesha, a nayaka in the Vijayanagara Empire’s ruler of Deva Raya II, also known as Prauda Deva Raya, built the temple.
