Hampi

HAMPI …. The Lost Empire, Where stones tell stories in Silence Hampi is idenitfied as Pampa Kshetra mentioned in Ramayana. The City is named after Goddess Hampadevi. (State: Karnataka) The ruins of Vijayanagar near the village of Hampi are some of the most fascinating in India. Once the Captial of one of the largest empire in Indian history, Vijayanagar was founded by Telegu princess in 1336. The empire controlled the regional spice trade , cotton industry and its bazar was of international commerce. The Empire came to a sudden end in 1565 when the city was ransacked by a confederacy of Deccan sultanates. Hampi is a thriving traveller centre, the place to get connect and reconnect to travellers. One of the favourite modes of crossing the Tungabhadra River is the Coracle boat ride . (Coracle looks like one half of the hollow coconut) Things to See and Do   Virupaksha Temple  is the form of Lord Shiva, was built in 1442, and is also dedicated to Vittala. There is a Baz...