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Historians say
The community living in the colonnades was cleared in 2011 to create a monument buffer zone. The clearance remains contested and is cited as a case of heritage protection against living settlement.
Historians say
The colonnaded market street running east from the Virupaksha temple - one of the great bazaar streets of the medieval world, where horses and gems were traded.