Hazara Rama Temple is the personal temple of the royal family. There are a thousand images of Rama on the walls of the temple. It was erected in the 15th century, decorated with carved bas-reliefs depicting scenes from the ancient Indian epic "Ramayana" and various incarnations of Vishnu.
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| Hazara Rama Temple |
After the death of the king, the wives had to perform the rite of sati (self-immolation). This rite was considered the privilege of the chosen ones for the widows of the rulers-rajas and military leaders. The scope of the ceremony was sometimes truly royal. So in a giant funeral pyre of one of the Vijayanagara maharajas, three thousand of his wives and concubines simultaneously left for another world.
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| Hazara Rama Temple |
In modern India, the police register several thousand self-immolations every year.