The stables comprise a long line of eleven chambers, all with lofty arched doorways opening onto a large open space. This must have served as a maidan, or parade ground for the imperial troops and animals. Domes on corner squinches roof ten of the chambers, exactly in the manner of a Muslim tomb. While the arched openings and domed chambers of the elephant stables are obviously sultanate in origin, the building as a whole is an original creation of the Vijayanagara. When exactly the stables were built and for which emperor remains a mystery, though it is likely to be a Sangama period construction of the 15th century.
The elephants were brought here to the palace, and stabled separately during the summer festivals.
It has been suggested that these elephant stables were built in 1513 by Hazar Ramar Mandir
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