Culture of the Vijayanagara Empire

Architecture of the Vijayanagara Empire, 1336–1565

thumb|Asthadiggajas in the Imperial court of Sri Krishnadevaraya. Ashtadiggajas () is the collective title given to the eight great Telugu scholars and poets in the court of Emperor Krishnadevaraya, who ruled the Vijayanagara Empire from 1509 until his death in 1529. During his reign, Telugu literature and culture reached its zenith. In his imperial court, these eight poets were regarded as the eight pillars of his literary assembly. The age of Ashtadiggajas is called the Prabandha Age (1540 CE to 1600 CE). Each Ashtadiggaja had composed at least one Prabandha Kavyamu, and it was the Ashtadigg

14th century Sanskrit poem written by the poet Gangadevi

14th–16th century body of literature composed in the Kannada language

thumb|160px|Krishnadevaraya thumb|160px|Saint Andal (14th Century, Madurai), at the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] The Āmuktamālyada () is a Telugu epic poem composed by Krishnadevaraya, the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, in the early 16th century. Amuktamalyada translates to "One who offered the garland after wearing it herself". Considered as a masterpiece, the Amuktamalyada describes the legendary wedding of the Hindu deity Ranganayaka, an avatar of Vishnu, and Andal, one of the poet-saints called the Alvars, at Srirangam gives insight into the religious, political and cultural set