Exploring Hampi
Virupaksha temple has a big attendance on weekends and public holidays. The entry ticket is priced at less than five rs, could be two or three. As you enter it opens to a big courtyard followed by steps that take you to sanctum sanctorum. The elephant marking its presence here finds it difficult to be on feet for long as it greets the visitors who shovel a coin or two. Bunch of bananas would be a better option and mahout instead of striving for coins should be induced to seek a better monthly compensation.
The temple and the courtyard is fairly clean and there is an order to be appreciated. Outside the temple on the left side there are other monuments to be explored and here a barbed wire circling the area and a steep fine for letting the waste accumulate should be tried. There are loos still people do it in open, some of which could be traced to those trying to provoke others. More you write about relieving in open, more such acts they make you come across.
After Virupaksha temple as you take the road opposite to it, after one km you come across a board indicating
Achyutaraya temple (left)
Vitthala temple ( left)
Matunga hills (right)
Before the board comes Department Archaeology Museum & Heritage Photo Exhibition.
After board turn a little right and keep going straight. Go past Hanuman temple (Idol of Hanuman resting on a wall ) and this is followed by a rough stretch involving ascending and descending rock stairs. In a space of 12 to 15 minutes you reach Achyutaraya temple, inside has locks to different iron gates. Bit of grass here and there and more in plentiful display in the courtyard. Opposite the main iron gate door is the entrance/exit, the route normally taken by visitors. As you go out from this entrance/exit there is a wide open field.
The board here says: Located at foot of Matunga hills to the west this temple complex is known as Tiruvengalanatha temple. The temple got constructed by Hiriya Tirumalraja under Vijaynagara King Achyutaraya (1599-1544 A.D.) in 1534 A. D.
As walk half a km there is another board giving directions to
Virupaksha temple (straight)
Achyutaraya temple (left)
Curtesan's street (left)
Few metres away there is another board
Yantrodharak Anjaneya temple (left)
Kodandarama temple (left)
Kampa Bhupa Marg (left)
Virupaksha temple has a big attendance on weekends and public holidays. The entry ticket is priced at less than five rs, could be two or three. As you enter it opens to a big courtyard followed by steps that take you to sanctum sanctorum. The elephant marking its presence here finds it difficult to be on feet for long as it greets the visitors who shovel a coin or two. Bunch of bananas would be a better option and mahout instead of striving for coins should be induced to seek a better monthly compensation.
The temple and the courtyard is fairly clean and there is an order to be appreciated. Outside the temple on the left side there are other monuments to be explored and here a barbed wire circling the area and a steep fine for letting the waste accumulate should be tried. There are loos still people do it in open, some of which could be traced to those trying to provoke others. More you write about relieving in open, more such acts they make you come across.
After Virupaksha temple as you take the road opposite to it, after one km you come across a board indicating
Achyutaraya temple (left)
Vitthala temple ( left)
Matunga hills (right)
Before the board comes Department Archaeology Museum & Heritage Photo Exhibition.
After board turn a little right and keep going straight. Go past Hanuman temple (Idol of Hanuman resting on a wall ) and this is followed by a rough stretch involving ascending and descending rock stairs. In a space of 12 to 15 minutes you reach Achyutaraya temple, inside has locks to different iron gates. Bit of grass here and there and more in plentiful display in the courtyard. Opposite the main iron gate door is the entrance/exit, the route normally taken by visitors. As you go out from this entrance/exit there is a wide open field.
The board here says: Located at foot of Matunga hills to the west this temple complex is known as Tiruvengalanatha temple. The temple got constructed by Hiriya Tirumalraja under Vijaynagara King Achyutaraya (1599-1544 A.D.) in 1534 A. D.
As walk half a km there is another board giving directions to
Virupaksha temple (straight)
Achyutaraya temple (left)
Curtesan's street (left)
Few metres away there is another board
Yantrodharak Anjaneya temple (left)
Kodandarama temple (left)
Kampa Bhupa Marg (left)
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