Six of us (Raghu, Srikanth, Prem, Sakthivel, Vinod and myself) started from Bangalore railway station at night and reached Hospet (Bellari Dist.) in the morning. We took a KTDC trip as we needed a guide and also wanted to cover the important places of Hampi.
We first went to Virupaksha Temple were the guide explained about the history of Hampi. It is temple of Shiva. Also there is temple of Parvati and Bhuavaneshwari. The guide also showed us one important place where the reflection of Gopura of temple gets inverted. In that temple there is Manmatha pond and is situated adjacent to river Tungabhadra. In this temple the Pooja is still conducted. In all the other places in Hampi, there is no pooja conducted and they are just monuments.
After that on the way we saw Kadalekai Ganapati and Sasveganapati statues. On the way back we saw two stones close to each other and they are called ‘sister-stones’. Then we saw beautiful ‘Yoga-Narasimha’ Satute, adjacent to Badawalingeshwara (It is surrounded by water).
From there we went to Janana palace. I found most of the names here are influenced by Muslim rulers. Here we saw treasury museum, elephants stables, Mahuta’s houses, Lotus mahal
Then in Hazara Rama temple, we saw 4 beautifully carved pillars. There was a trade area in front of this temple. We saw Queen’s bath place. There was also one ‘Nagalapura temple’ which is half way submerged in water. The govt should maintain this one place. Rests of the places are well preserved.
Finally there was a places, now totally ruined but still we could see one secret chamber, celebration stage, water canal, pushkarni pond, common man’s pond, 2 stone doors (on the way back). On the way back we saw the city museum as well.
Second beautiful temple after Virupaksha is Vittal temple. There we can see the stone chariot, musical pillars, Chinese trading carves, dragons carved, marriage halls, and thousands of pillars outside.
Near vital temple there is one ‘tula-bhara’ place and Purandara dasa stage. We can do boating there in the river.
The same day we also went to TB dam. It’s a pretty large dam and has a small garden, deer park, aquarium nearby.
Next day we went to Anegundi (Kishkinda) which is considered as birth place of hanuman. There is one nice temple situated on top of the hill. We then went to panpa sarovara which was almost dry and filled with lotus flowers. There we also find ‘shabari’ hut, rama pada, vijayalkshmi and shiva temple. When we went to chintamani, there is Narasimha temple, Kashi Shiva temple, Rama pada, Tara mountain, Sugriva milana, chintamani gufa.
We went to Navabrindavana in boat and also saw the suspension bridge on the way back.
We first went to Virupaksha Temple were the guide explained about the history of Hampi. It is temple of Shiva. Also there is temple of Parvati and Bhuavaneshwari. The guide also showed us one important place where the reflection of Gopura of temple gets inverted. In that temple there is Manmatha pond and is situated adjacent to river Tungabhadra. In this temple the Pooja is still conducted. In all the other places in Hampi, there is no pooja conducted and they are just monuments.
After that on the way we saw Kadalekai Ganapati and Sasveganapati statues. On the way back we saw two stones close to each other and they are called ‘sister-stones’. Then we saw beautiful ‘Yoga-Narasimha’ Satute, adjacent to Badawalingeshwara (It is surrounded by water).
From there we went to Janana palace. I found most of the names here are influenced by Muslim rulers. Here we saw treasury museum, elephants stables, Mahuta’s houses, Lotus mahal
Then in Hazara Rama temple, we saw 4 beautifully carved pillars. There was a trade area in front of this temple. We saw Queen’s bath place. There was also one ‘Nagalapura temple’ which is half way submerged in water. The govt should maintain this one place. Rests of the places are well preserved.
Finally there was a places, now totally ruined but still we could see one secret chamber, celebration stage, water canal, pushkarni pond, common man’s pond, 2 stone doors (on the way back). On the way back we saw the city museum as well.
Second beautiful temple after Virupaksha is Vittal temple. There we can see the stone chariot, musical pillars, Chinese trading carves, dragons carved, marriage halls, and thousands of pillars outside.
Near vital temple there is one ‘tula-bhara’ place and Purandara dasa stage. We can do boating there in the river.
The same day we also went to TB dam. It’s a pretty large dam and has a small garden, deer park, aquarium nearby.
Next day we went to Anegundi (Kishkinda) which is considered as birth place of hanuman. There is one nice temple situated on top of the hill. We then went to panpa sarovara which was almost dry and filled with lotus flowers. There we also find ‘shabari’ hut, rama pada, vijayalkshmi and shiva temple. When we went to chintamani, there is Narasimha temple, Kashi Shiva temple, Rama pada, Tara mountain, Sugriva milana, chintamani gufa.
We went to Navabrindavana in boat and also saw the suspension bridge on the way back.
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