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What are the main features of Vijayanagar architecture?

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Vijayanagar architecture is the most developed example of Dravidian style

  1. The temples of that ** were built with strong granite rocks.

  2. Very spacious enclosures, high tower, very wide marriage halls, meeting halls, spring pavilions were the important features.

  3. The Virupaksha temple, Hazara Ramaswamy temple,Vittalswamy temple, Krishnaswamy temple etc., are some important temples.

  4. Stone chariot, idols of Narasimha and Ganapathi illustrate the monolith stone sculpture of the Vijayanagar reign.

  5. The temples at Kalahasti, Tirupathi, Srisailam, Srirangam, Chidambaram, Kumbhakonam, Kanchi have huge structures added to them

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