Cultural Contributions in Vijayanagar Empire : Medieval Indian History

The architecture of the Vijayanagara empire highlighted the most important characteristics of the empire. It is said that the construction of tall Rayagopurams or gateways or Kalyanamandapam with carved pillars played a key role in the art and architecture of this great empire.

The horse was the most common animal found in these pillars. The most important temples of the Vijayanagar style were found in the Hampi ruins or the city of Vijayanagar.

Vittalaswamy and Hazara Ramaswamy temples were the best examples of this style. The Varadharaja and Ekamparanatha temples at Kanchipuram stand as examples for the magnificence of the Vijayanagara style of temple architecture.

Chidambaram speak the glorious epoch of Vijayanagar. The metal images of Krishna Deva Raya and his queens at Tirupati are examples for casting of metal images

Different languages such as Sanskrit, Telugu, Kannada and Tamil flourished in the regions. The peak of literary achievement was reached during the reign of Krishna Deva Raya. He himself was a scholar in Sanskrit and Telugu. His famous court poet Allasani Peddanna was distinguished in Telugu literature.