Study the picture and answer the following questions:

(a) Name the temple in the picture. Where is this temple located?

(b) Who built this temple?

(c) What does this temple tell us about the Vijayanagar Empire?

(d) State the architectural features of the buildings at Hampi.

(a) The temple in the picture is Hazara Ram Temple. It is located at Hampi.

(b) Hazara Ram Temple was built by Krishnadeva Raya.

(c) Though the images in the central shrine of the Hazara Ram temple are missing, the sculpture panels on the walls, depicting scenes from the Ramayana can be seen which shows that people worshipped lord Rama.

(d) Buildings at Hampi had beautiful arches, domes and pillared halls. There existed well-planned orchards and pleasure gardens with various sculptural motifs such as the Lotus and Corbels. Stepped tank having a geometrical design is a unique structure that used to be fed by a water chute. Also, there are tanks attached to the temples called the Pushakaranis. Temples like Hazara Ram temple, Virupaksha temple and Vitthala temple had mandapas or pavilions and long, pillared corridors that often ran around the shrines within the temple complex.