A Visit to Hampi

ಹಂಪೆ - ಒಂದು ನೋಟ

Last week on saturday , 5th December I had been to Hampi (ಹಂಪೆ) with few of my family members.

First we went to Bellary as our relatives are there.We left Bellary around 9:45AM. Its almost 2 hours journey to Hampi from Bellary .As heavy goods vehicle and mining vehicles travel in that road, its pathetic.But if you have patience and when you reach Hampi you will forget the bad experience of road journey..I had plans of visiting since many years , but became reality thanks to my wife Shobha . Hampi is a beautiful and well maintained place. Thats why its a Worlds heritage site of India along with other known places of world.

But in Hampi there are no good hotels except the one which is maintained by Karnataka government. I want to share one experience, I met a foreign visitor from Austria. When I asked him about his experience in Hampi he really appreciated about India and Hampi. But he pointed out clearly with a laugh told here auto drivers, vendors ,others charge extra amount as soon as they come to know that we are from abroad.Hope concerned will look into this to save Indians image across India and globe.

For more information about Hampi you can visit :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampi

There are many places which we can see in and around Hampi like:

• Achyutaraya Temple/Tiruvengalanatha Temple
• Akka Tangi ಗುಡ್ಡ (ಅಕ್ಕ ತಂಗಿ ಗುಡ್ಡ )
• Anegondi  (ಆನೆಗೊಂದಿ)
  
• Anjeyanadri Hill (ಅಂಜನಾದ್ರಿ  ಪರ್ವತ)
  
• Aqueducts and Canals
• Archaeological Museum at Kamalapura
• Badavi  Linga (ಬಡವಿ ಲಿಂಗ )
  
• Chandramauleshwar temple (ಚಂದ್ರಮೌಳೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ )
• The Kings’ balance (ಅರಸನ ತುಲಾಭಾರ )
  
• The Underground Temple (ಪಾತಾಳೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ )
  
• Tungabhadra River (ತುಂಗಭದ್ರ  ಡ್ಯಾಮ್ )
  
• Uddana Veerabhadra temple (ಉದ್ದಾನ ವೀರಭದ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ )
  
• Ugra Narasimha (ಉಗ್ರ ನರಸಿಂಹ)
  
• Virupaksha Temple (ವಿರುಪಾಕ್ಷ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ )
  
• Vittala temple  (ವಿಠಲ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ )
  
• Yeduru Basavanna (ಎದುರು ಬಸವಣ್ಣ )
  
• Yentrodharaka Anjaneya temple
• Zenana enclosure
• Virupapura
• Madhavan Palace with more than 1,000,000 pillars
• Sasivekalu Ganesha (ಸಾಸಿವೆಕಾಳು ಗಣಪತಿ )
  
• Elephant stables (ಗಜ ಶಾಲೆ)
  
• Lotus temple (ಕಮಲ್ ಮಹಲ್ )
  

We also visited TB Dam (ತುಂಗಭದ್ರ ಡ್ಯಾಮ್ ),Hospet and Kannada university.(ಹಂಪೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವ ವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯ )

So getting ready to visit Hampi  now or whenever you are free :-)  ? For any other info please let me know so that I can share my experience and whatever I know ... ಬನ್ನಿ ಹಂಪೆಗೆ ಹೊರಡೋಣ