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HAMPI-DEVLING THE ANGELIC PERSPECTIVE

“Fill your life with adventures,not things.Have stories to tell,not stuff to show.”

Our second road trip,racked up our bags,tied our shoes,Hit the road and travelled to  hampi , If “why –hampi ?” is your question then, here’s your answer:Love at first sight is not alone for girls but for beautiful places like Hampi which I gazed in a Malayalam movie (anandam)and immediately it was maneuvered to our bucket list .Surprisingly we came to know that it was UNESCO  historical heritage area.

INTRO:

      Hampi is believed as an ancient  “kishkinda” of Ramanaya times where the monkey kingdom existed. Till now there are lots of myths and superstitious beliefs about how it was created ,but in 1336  CE , the vijayanagara Empire arose from the ruins of the kampili kingdom. the vijayanagara empire built its capital around hampi`. From then the empire was ruled by many kings and dynasties. The aravidu dynasty sucessors ruled the region but the empire collapsed in 1614,and the final remains ended in 1646from continued wars with the bijapur sultanate and others.

 Let us walk you through our journey  to magical Hampi:

Our Adventure began from our hotel which was few minutes away ,we hit the road with our Royal Enfields(Samrats born for Travelling). Our eyes was filled with green sceneric of agricultural fields and hills then we got welcomed by the thalarighatta gate and we went further down for  few minutes and arrived at  the entrances of vitthala temple.

On our way to to vitthala temple from entrance we came across,

GEJJALA (PARANKUSHA)MANDAPA : Used as ustav mandapa for alighting the processional deities.

 KUDUREGOMBE (TOYHORSE)MANDAPA: which is  situated in the vitthla bazaar ,used during the ustav for  processions the deity. the mandapa as the hourse riders in the pillars and hence its named as toyhorse mandapa.

Vitthala bazaar and Pushkarani:

VITTHALA TEMPLE :

This one of the most admirable and most visited place in  hampi . It has devi shrine,kalyana mandapa ,ustav mandapa ,a hundred pillared mandapa and most famed stone chariot.the temple was a Cult example of the architecture of the vijayanagara empire .

After being there for sometime we gazed  at the temple , sculptures and stone chariot. We then, decided to move on for further surprises waiting for us to come and see them, where we saw the king’s balance and two storied mandapa.

King’s balance was meant  for weighing the king against precious gems and metal during the important occasion and gifted to temple or people known as tulapurusha dana.

NARASHIMA TEMPLE: the narashima temple was built in the sloping hillrock built by hiriya timma setti in about 1386ADwhich was approx. few meters away from two storied mandapa .

ACHYUTARAYA TEMPLE:

The achyutaraya temple was at the foothill of the matanga hillock.

 The achyutaraya (Courtesan street) is the widest bazaar with series of mandaps on the either side of the central pathway .

There was Holy lake (pushkarani) with mandapa in the center was alongside  the bazaar .

PURANDARA MANDAPA:

        It was located on rock bed of river tungabadra with main plain pillared mandapa with massive square pillars .it was named after the famous saint and composer of carnatic music –Purandaradasa .

QUEENS BATH:

 It was the much visited structure of hampi,this building was in indo-islamic style .

Near queens bath there is a Beautiful temple named chandrasekara temple .

Very close to chandrashekara temple there was another temple known as saraswati temple which was eye-catching .

Further to the saraswati temple octagonal bath was located .

ROYAL ENCLOSURE :

Royal enclosure is situated near the queen’s bath .it consists of decorated bases ,water systems ,large halls ,pillared shrine and water storage tanks .

Mahanavami dibba :

This was the tallest structure in the royal enclosure .the whole structure is made as a gaint square structure in three layers. the sculptures on the on the sides of the dabba potray daily life of vijayanagara .the king used to get entertained during festivies on the dibba.

Hazzara ramachandra temple was situated near the royal enclosure . You must visit it if you get a chance to.

Lotus Mahal :

      Lotus mahal is an important profane structure at hampi it is also knownas chitrangi mahal and kamal mahal .it was located inside the zanana enclosure.

ELEPHANT STABLE:

The elephant stable was one of the few least destroyed structures in the hampi.it was represented by homogenous group of chambers with high curved façade with lofty doomed roof .this place is nothing but the royal elephant’s shelter.

VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE:

The virupaksha or pampapati temple is the most scared living temple of hampi .the temple was originally  small shrine ,was expanded into vast complex of present dimensions .

HEMATUKA HILL:

    On the way to top of the the hill ,there was sasive kalu ganesha which was a monolithic sculpture .it was housed by the open plain pillared mandapa .

After seeing the ganesha ,you can go to the top of the hill from best sunset view point .after learning and in the awesomeness of the magical hampi it was the great place to stay quite perceive the mother nature. 

Things to know before going there :

 There was not much good hotels ,so it was better to book rooms before going there .

It takes atleast  two complete  days to sight  all the places in hampi and near it .

The hampi was 12km from hospet where a railway station is located .

The food was not that great  ,but we are not here to eat . less eating is advisable.

If u can visit it was a splendid experience.if u can rent a bicycle ,it will be helpful to cover all the places.

If you have already visited hampi and if we missed out something then please let us know. Cheers!!

We have to reminisce the forgotten beauty of the magical Hampi.

THANK YOU…

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