The Emperor Sri Achyuta Raya was a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire of south India. He was the much younger brother of Emperor Sri Krishna Deva Raya the Great, whom he succeeded in 1529. Achyuta Raya ruled until his death in 1542. Upon his death, the succession was disputed; his nephew, Sadashiva, finally became king while yet a child, under the regency of Aliya Rama Raya, a son-in-law of Krishnadevaraya. The Vijayanagara empire was based in the Deccan, in peninsular and southern India, from 1336 onwards. ... A map of South India, its rivers, regions and water bodies. ... Sri Krishnadevaraya (శ్రీ క్రిశ్ణదేవరాయ, also transliterated as Srikrishnarayalu and other ways) was a Vijaynagar emperor who presided over the empire at its zenith and ruled from 1509 until his death in 1529, and is today a hero of people of Telugu descent in South India. ... Rama Raya, popularly known as Aliya Rama Raya, was the progenitor of the Aravidu dynasty of Vijayanagara Emperors. ... Sri Krishnadevaraya (శ్రీ క్రిశ్ణదేవరాయ, also transliterated as Srikrishnarayalu and other ways) was a Vijaynagar emperor who presided over the empire at its zenith and ruled from 1509 until his death in 1529, and is today a hero of people of Telugu descent in South India. ...

The Tiruvengalanatha Temple was built at Hampi during his reign but was more popularly known by his name as Achyutaraya Temple than the diety Lord Venkateshwara to whom the temple was dedicated. Hampi (Hampe in Kannada) is a village in northern Karnataka, India. ...

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