Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: An Imperial Capital: Vijayanagara

Question:

Which of the following part of the Virupaksha temple was built by Krishnadeva Raya?

Options:

The hall in front of the main shrine

The eastern gopuram.

Both options, 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2.

Correct Answer:

Both options, 1 and 2

Explanation:

The Virupaksha temple was built over centuries. While inscriptions suggest that the earliest shrine dated to the ninth-tenth century, it was substantially enlarged with the establishment of the Vijayanagara Empire. The hall in front of the main shrine was built by Krishnadeva Raya to mark his accession. He is also credited with the construction of the eastern gopuram.