Pre-dating the glorious Vijayanagara Empire is the colossal, rock-cut monolithic statue of the Jain saint Gomateswara. He stands bolt upright in the posture of meditation known as kayotsarga, with feet firm on the earth, arms held downwards but not touching the body, creepers entwined around his motionless legs, and smiling faintly. At 17 m, this is the tallest statue in India.
The Vijayanagara Conference consists of :
Located in the South Zone, the conference includes 5 universities spread over Karnataka. The cities of Bangalore, Mangalore and Mysore are directly involved in the competition, with the lovely district of Coorg involved as a neutral site.
In the Vijayanagara Conference, astro-turf fields are located at Bangalore (KSHA and the SAI grounds). Doordarshan studios are located at Bangalore.
Watch out for intra state rivals Bangalore University vs. University of Mysore. Bangalore University has the potential to achieve National Rankings.
The average distance travelled by the teams in this conference will be 124 km. In the distance grid below, * indicates that the match will be played at a neutral site, and ~ indicates that the value is an approximate distance calculated from the state map.
| Name
of University |
Bangalore University |
Indian
Inst. of Science |
Mangalore University |
Mysore University |
University
of Agr. Sciences |
| Bangalore University |
- | 0 | ~260 | 160 | 0 |
| Indian Inst. of Science |
0 | - | ~260* | 160 | 0 |
| Mangalore University |
~240* | ~240* | - | ~240* | ~240* |
| Mysore University |
0 | 0 | ~260* | - | 160 |
| University of Agr. Sciences |
0 | 0 | ~260 | 0 | - |
| Average Distance |
60 | 60 | 260 | 140 | 100 |
