Hampi never fails to amaze me with its beauty. Each time I visit this beautiful City of ruins, it offers me a visual treat enough to make me feel like coming back quite often. My last visit to this locale was no different. This time around, I was in Hampi at the golden hour of sunset and happened to have a bird eye view of the boulder strewn surroundings from the famous Matunga hills. Though I could not capture the enchanting beauty of the sun kissed city with my DSLR camera ( Read, I forgot to take the battery of my new DSLR camera!!), I managed to click some decent pics with my Nexus 5 phone.
The boulders stand majestically against azure sky
One of the kalyanis in the vast empire
The secluded mantapa in the kalyani
On the way to Matunga Hill, near the Monolithic Bull
The way to the Matunga Hill
The enchanting view of Virupaksha temple
Another view of the majestic empire of the Vijayanagara from top of the Matunga hill
The sunkissed boulders seen from Matunga
View of the bazaar street leading to Achyutaraya temple as seen from the Matunga Hill. Seen in the Background is the Tungabhadra river.
The Tungabhadra river crisscrosses along the boulder strewn landscape of Hampi
Watch Out for my next post for some awesome shots of the Sunset seen from the Matunga hills.
Nice….i will visit Hampi soon…….is it a one-day visit?
Hi Vinay.. One day is definitely not possible to see and enjoy the beauty of Hampi. I suggest at least a 3 day visit. Also, try to have a day for the surroundings of Anegundi which is located just across the Tungabhadra river from Hampi. You can read my previous blog about the places to visit in and around Anegundi.
Awesome pics reflecting the beauty as well as the majesty of Hampi…. each n every man made structure competes with natures sculpture in this royal kingdom… the ruins deeply touch our hearts… the colours of sunset seems to be symbolical to express the anger as well as simpathy on the historical destruction of the Vijayanagar kingdom….
So well said….