[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934) › v2.c19.s1.23 # Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s1.23 Social and Political Life in the Vijayanagara Empire (A.D. 1346 – A.D. 1646) v2.c19.s1.23 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s1.23) ³ Ibid., p. 300. This temple was identified by Sewell with the celebrated temple of Virūpāksha, ibid., n. 2. The Portuguese chronicler has some thing more to say about this temple. "And ever since, in his memory, the Kings of Bisnaga, on the day when they are raised to be kings, have, in honour of the hermit, to enter this house before they enter the town....". This makes it difficult for us to identify the temple or shrine referred to by Nuniz: both the Prasanna Virūpāksha temple (Longhurst, Hampi Ruins, p. 92) and the famous Virūpāksha temple, as is well known, are in Vijayanagara proper. B. A. S. - [Previous: v2.c19.s1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s1.22) - [Next: v2.c19.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s1.24) - [Up: v2.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Prasanna Virupaksha Temple](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.monument.prasanna-virupaksha-temple) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.saletore-1934.v2.c19.s1.23) · Pramāṇa