Stone carvings at Vittala Temple which is the most extravagant architectural showpiece of Hampi. Vittala, after whom the temple is known, is a form of Lord Vishnu. The temple was originally built in the 15th century AD. Many successive kings have enhanced the temple campus during their regimes to the present form.<br />
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Hampi, Karnataka is a world famous UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hampi was one of the largest and richest city in the world during its prime time when it was the imperial capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.