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Underground Temple:This large Underground
Temple was excavated by Archaeological Dept., belonging to 14th Century.
This is dedicated to Lord Shiva as Prasanna Virupaksha. This temple
is always filled with water upto 1 feet. It has a series of doors,
as many as 7 in number.
 Achutaraya
Temple:Achutaraya temple is at a distance of 150 meters from
the Virupaksha Bazaar. The north facing temple complex was built by
Achutadevaraya in 1530-42 A.D. This was dedicated to Lord Tiruvengalanatha.
One can get an excellent arial view of this temple from the top of
Matanga Hill, which is next to the temple complex.
Ganagitti Temple: This neat and compact early structure is
popularly called the Gangitti Temple. This Jaina Temple was one of
the earliest temples of Vijayanagara Kingdom.
 King's
Balance: The monument popularly called as towards the East
of Vittala Temple. Here one can see a huge ornamental stone frame,
which was probably used for weighing the king against precious Gems
and metals, during auspicious occasions. These were then distributed
among the poor and needy.
 Balakrishna
Temple: This large ornate temple was built by Krishnadevaraya
in typical Vijayanagara Style of Architecture, to immortalize his
victory at Orissa from where he brought the Idol of Balakrishna. This
temple is an interesting point for Tourists, for the number of sub-shrines
it contains within its complex.
 Koti
Linga: "Koti linga" literally translated in English means one
crore lingas. This is situated along the banks of river Tungabhadra
near chakra thirtha. This is the most sacred place for pilgrims to
cleanse themselves in the holy waters of river Tungabhadra.
 Bhojana
Sala: The Dining Place known as "Bhojana Sala" has
water channel about 1 meter wide and 0.6 m deep, running about 23
meters. This channel is lined with a row of green chlorite slabs on
either side, which are set horizontally with circular depressions
large and small for taking food.
 Malyavantha
Temple: This temple of Vishnu in the form of Lord Rama is situated
on a hill. This temple has a great significance in the Hindu epic,
Ramayana. The walls of the inner sanctum are attached to a large natural
boulder on which are carved images of Lord Rama, Sita and Laxmana.
It is believed to be the place, where Rama spent the whole of monsoon,
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