Hazara Rama Temple, Hampi

Hazara Rama Temple, the name itself says that the temple has carvings of thousands of stories of Ramayana. The temple has beautiful pillars carved with stories of Ramayana. The main inside of temple has pillars of black rock whereas rest of the temple is carved out of different stone as the colour see. This is a temple bit the door of the temple is close & there are no idol inside it. Once you are done with Queens Bath you can visit this temple.

This temple is located within the Royal Enclosure and was hence believed to be a temple reserved exclusively for the Royals and the residents within the Enclosure. It lies between the royal residences and the ceremonial structures. It is dedicated to the Rama avatar of Lord Vishnu. Though there is a debate about the nomenclature of the temple, the inscriptions indicate that the name literally means 1000 Ramas, alluding to the depiction of the Ramayana sequences carved in great detail, on the outer walls of the temple. The carvings are arranged in three tiers all along the outer walls of the temple. Apart from the main garbha griha, there is a sheltered and pillared corridor all around, a beautiful pavilion also pillared, and a temple dedicated to the Goddess. All the pillars have carvings of divine figures. The Devi temple is covered with beautiful carvings narrating the Luv-Kush episodes of the Ramayana. The main temple also has carvings on the walls from the Bhagavata, depicting principally episodes from Sri Krishna's child hood, or of Bala Krishna. The size of the temple, the details of the carvings, amongst other aspects, lend credence to the belief that this was indeed a temple that had extensive royal patronage!!