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Continuously active since the seventh century, lively Virupaksha Temple is one of the signature landmarks of Hampi. Covering around 9,900 acres in the Indian state of Karnataka, the city was the last capital of the Hindu kingdom of Vijayanagara, a flourishing empire whose temples and palaces would

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