Bijanagrr, Or Bisnagur, a ruined city of southern India, on both sides of the Tumbud-dra, here 800 yards wide, 30 m. N. W. of Bel-lary. The city stands in a plain surrounded by enormous masses of granite, and strewn with blocks of that material, with which the streets are paved. The remains of numerous temples and other buildings, all of granite, exhibit the purest style of Hindoo architecture. The portion of the city S. E. of the river is enclosed by walls or blocks, and is 8 m. in circuit. It contains a splendid temple dedicated to Mahadeva, surrounded by numerous cells for worshippers, with a pyramidal portico facing the east, which is 150 ft. high, and is divided into 10 stories. Many pilgrims resort to the annual festival. Near the centre of the city is another temple sacred to Wittoba, which consists of a group of buildings occupying a space of about 400 ft. by 200. The columns supporting the roof of the chief edifice are ornamented with figures of lions, and the ceiling is also sculptured. That portion of the city N. W. of the river, also known as Annagoondy, contains a temple sacred to Krishna. Bijana-gur was built between 1336 and 1343, and wrs the metropolis of the Brahmanical kingdom of Bijayanagar. It was destroyed by the Mohammedan confederacy of the Deccan in 1564.