Friday, July 07, 2006

My Trip to Hampi - " If dreams were made out of stone, it would be Hampi"

Hi buddies !
welcome to Hampi - The lonely Planet, the lost World !!!!!.....
Hampi trip was my first non-planned trip.
From hyderabad we reached Hospet junction and then to see hampi we had 2 options either to take a tourist bus or to take a van.we opted for the second.
Hampi is a very vast area and is spread in 2 diff directions.
on the first day we went first to "Virupaaksha Temple", the architecture of which was typical south indain, Hemkut mountain which was having so many temples reminiscents,Underground Temple- The underground is a misnomer here since the the place where is has been built is somewt below the ground level and thts y the temple has been given the name underground temple-.,meditation room whr we all found for the Bats since the place has been abandoned a long back,we saw distorted "Narsimha" and i felt a attraction in tht sculpture for unknown reasons,near to tht a Shiv Lingam has been placed which was magnificent.watching all these i was astonished and felt very joy . it was all like a dream since i m watching a diff civilisation altogether , a city which has been ruined but still adamant enough to prove its significance, its glory, its grandeur ...!!!!! try to look beyond the stones they tell u thr story....! may be u manage to laugh but u cant ignore thr silent glare at you.
next we went to place called "Queens bath", lotus temple and stone chariot and also saw Monolithic Nandi, mustard shaped monolithic Ganesh,sister stones - they say they r cursed since they make fun of Hampi-,viruthala temple etc.
The next day we went to Anegundi and on one mountain called "Anjanaadri"-which is believed to be "Birthplace of Hanumaan".Hampi is also believed to be "Kiskindha" which according to hindu mythology was kingdom of Bali and Sugreev.
we saw so many other temples "Durga Temple",Pampa Sarovar etc. which are of Mythological importance.yeah! we also seen "Tunghbhadra dam" ....!
finally wee hurried up to reach the station at time, preserving the sweet, remarkable,unforgettable and cherishable moments of Hampi- the lost World , where i lost my heart !!!..

1 comment:

Piyush said...

Similar thoughts from my side too. A silent valley, which demands a serious attention.

While staying in Hampi for 2 days, I also realized that just making a short visit to such places is also like insulting the real manouvre of that place. Go there, stay for some days, feel the essence, I believe then only the real appreciation can be justified.

For more pics visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/manas/tags/hampi/