- The Vijayanagar rulers adopted a concept known as "ritual kinship" or "ritual sovereignty". - Under this concept, they claimed to rule on behalf of the deity Virupaksha, whose main temple was located at Hampi, the capital city. - The kings often used the title "Virupaksha" in their inscriptions and acted as representatives of the god, managing the kingdom's affairs and wealth seemingly as devotees or agents rather than absolute sovereigns in their own right.
Ritual kinship was the hallmark of Vijayanagar rule. Vijayanagar rulers claimed to have ruled on behalf of which one among the following shrines?
Asked in UPSC CAPF 2013 · Topic: Vijayanagara Empire (Religious Developments: Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Jainism, Sufism, and State Patronage)
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