Matanga Hill & Achyutaraya Temple
Hampi, Karnataka, India
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Hampi Utsav & Coracle Sunsets
Hampi, Karnataka
The Vijayanagara festival of dance and light among the ruins, and Hampi's daily ritual — a spinning coracle on the Tungabhadra as the boulders go gold.
Hampi
Hampi, Karnataka
A surreal sea of granite boulders strewn with the ruins of Vijayanagara — 500-year-old temples, royal elephant stables, the stone chariot of Vittala and colonnaded bazaars scattered across 26 sq km beside the Tungabhadra. Sunrise from Matanga Hill over this UNESCO landscape is pure magic.
Virupaksha Temple & Hampi Bazaar
Hampi, Karnataka
The living heart of Hampi — a 7th-century Shiva shrine under a 50-m gopuram, temple elephant Lakshmi, and the boulder-lined bazaar leading to Matanga Hill.
Vittala Temple & Stone Chariot, Hampi
Hampi, Karnataka
Vijayanagara's masterpiece — the musical pillars and the iconic stone chariot of the ₹50-note, set at the end of an ancient bazaar street by the Tungabhadra.
Anegundi & Anjanadri Hill
Gangavathi, Karnataka
Hampi's older sister across the river — the mythic Kishkindha of the Ramayana, with Anjanadri's 575 steps to Hanuman's birthplace shrine and banana-grove villages.
Daroji Sloth Bear Sanctuary
Ballari, Karnataka
Boulder country set aside for the shaggy Indian sloth bear — watchtower evenings as bears amble out of granite dens to honey-smeared rocks.
Tungabhadra Dam, Hospet
Hosapete, Karnataka
The 2.4-km dam that waters the Deccan — musical-fountain gardens, a hilltop viewpoint over the vast reservoir and evening light on Vijayanagara country.