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Where is the famous Virupaksha Temple located and during which empire was it substantially enlarged?

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Agra, Mughal Empire
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Tanjavur, Cholas
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Pandharpur, Maratha Empire
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Hampi, Vijayanagara Empire
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The correct option is D Hampi, Vijayanagara Empire
The Virupaksha temple was built over centuries while inscriptions suggest that the earliest shrine dated to the ninth-tenth century. It was substantially enlarged with the establishment of the Vijayanagara Empire.

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