Full-Day Tour of Hampi and Vijayanagar Empire UNESCO Sites
Full-Day Tour of Hampi and Vijayanagar Empire UNESCO Sites
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Your smiling professional licensed guide/historian born, lived in Hampi for 46 years reports with local Tuk Tuk at your Hampi stay to start lingering with the fairy tales of irascible gods and monkey kings, where the evocative ruins encourage notions of fantasy, bring the past to life and make the unreal real. Start the tour from the flowing river banks by visiting living shrine Virupaksha Temple and be blessed by Temple Elephant. Further explore the great Indian epic, the Ramayana, part of which had happened right here, along these riverbanks. Hampi, the carnival of carvings is an Austere, Grandiose UNESCO site, an area of nearly 26 sq km, enclosed by seven lines of fortifications with more than 1600 surviving remains of Gods and creatures, The presumptuous veggie lunch will be served on Banana leaves. Further continue to experience the coracle ride on flowing river Tungabhadra. Witness the sun set and final photo shot of the disappearing kingdom . Must visit place in life time.
Itinerary
Virupaksha Temple
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe temple is dedicated to Lord Virupaksha, a form of ShivaHampi Bazaar Street(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeLots of local street vendors with local productsSasivekalu Ganesha Temple
10 minsAdmission Ticket Freestatue of the Hindu god Ganesha carved from a single rockKadalekalu Ganesha
10 minsAdmission Ticket Free5.6 meters long and carved entirely from graniteHemakuta Hill Temple Complex
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeTemples dates back to 9th to 14th centuryKrishna Temple Market Road
30 minsAdmission Ticket Free16th-century Temple ruins with elaborately carved stone pillars & towers & a sacred water tank.Statue of Ugra Narsimha
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeLargest statue in Hampi and depicts Lord Narasimha in a terrifying or angry form.Shree Badavilinga Gudi
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe largest monolithic Shiva Linga in HampiUnderground Shiva Temple
20 minsAdmission Ticket Free14th Cen AD Prasanna Virupaksha templeBallari
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeWooden Palaces for aristocrats of the Vijayanagar livedHazara Rama Temple
30 minsAdmission Ticket Free15th-century Hindu temple with intricate carvings depicting animals, deities & people.Elephant Stables
20 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedIndo-Islamic style structure used as the stables for the royal elephants of the Vijayanagara Empire.Zanana Enclosure
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedRoyal women once lived in this historic, architecturally notable walled compound a serene setting.King's Audience Hall
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeRoyal Citadel of the Vijayanagar EmpiresMahaanavami Dibba - Hampi
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeRoyal Stone Platform to witness the Festival Procession of victoryStepped Tank
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreePublic bath (pushkarini) for festivitiesQueen's Bath
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeRuins of an ornate, historic bathing chamber used by the king & his wives, with an outdoor pool.Octagonal Bath(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeOctagonal water pavilionKamalapur
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeState Archaeological Museum, must visitPattabhirama Temple
20 minsAdmission Ticket Free16th Ce AD Temple dedicated to Lord RamaGejjala Mantapa
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeDance PavilionVijaya Vittala Temple
30 minsAdmission Ticket IncludedCreative architecture with a moving stone chariot & musical pillars.Purandara Daasara Mantapa
20 minsAdmission Ticket FreeElevated Pavillion on River BanksKing’s Balance
10 minsAdmission Ticket Free15th-century stone scale that supposedly weighed the king against gold that he gave to the priests.Malyavanta Raghunathaswamy Temple - Fatik Shilla
30 minsAdmission Ticket FreeExcellent place for sunset panoramic views
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Hyderabad Garuda Tourism