Vijayanagara architecture

The Vijayanagara architecture Empire built all of their buildings, monuments, shrines and statues out of stone which were very intricately and elaborately carved with designs of gods and stories of famous heroes. All these were built in Dravidian style which was a common style of building then.

There are over 1,600 surviving monuments in the capital city Vijayanagara, covering 4,187.24 hectares (16 square miles) divided into three general zones:

1. a fortified urban core, which included a royal center,
2. a sacred center consisting of temples and shrines, and
3. the suburban settlements.