Attractions, destinations, visits and trips in Travalour tagged with #hampi
Vijaya Vittala Temple
From the entrance, you can either take golf cart style vehicles or walk over a kilometer to reach the temple ruins. One of the structures in the temple has long pillars that produce musical notes when they are taped. The image of the stone chariot here is printed on the 50INR bank notes of the Indian rupee. #hampi
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Cliff jumping lake
The coolest part about Senpar lake is cliff jumping!! To reach here from the central portion of Hampi, you will have to motorbike for over an hour through a scenic route. (Although I suspect there is a ferry service that takes motorbikes from one side of the river to another near the Virupaksha temple, which cuts the travel time to 20 minutes. But no regrets due to the view along the route).
The cliff jumping was pretty amazing. We went here twice, and the second time we also did the coracle ride which is way less cool when compared to cliff jumping 😎 #hampi
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Temple with an elephant
One of the main attractions in #hampi, Virupaksha temple is still in use for religious ceremonies. The old structure has tall gates and many idols.
The main attraction is the freely roaming elephant inside the temple which gives you blessings (I think for a fee of ten rupees or something). The temple is connected to the nearby Tunghgabadra river where the elephant takes its daily bath in the morning. In addition to the elephant, the temple has a monkey population of monkeys as well.
There are no entrance restrictions for any nationality or religion in the temple, the many tourist guide sellers can be a bit annoying at times.
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