Hampi – the former capital of Vijayanagara empire of 1500
AD. It was a very prosperous and huge city in its time and currently is a very
important world heritage site situated in Karnataka, India.
Have always been interested in history and have been wanting
to go to Hampi since a very long time. But it’s a sunny hot place, so winter
months, is when one should go. This Jan, finally a plan to visit Hampi over the
long weekend, got finalized in a very impromptu manner with few of my friends. It
was 6 of us ( 3 from Bangalore and 3 from Pune Mumbai ) who reached Hospet
early Sat morning, via overnight sleeper buses. From Hospet, its barely 15 kms
to Hampi. As soon as we entered Hampi, we felt transformed to another era
itself. The boulders and rocks strewn across, the ancient ruins scattered here
and there, the whole atmosphere took us back in time. This being a long
weekend, accommodation was little hard to find and we managed to get rooms on
the other side of the Viruppapura Gaddi Tungabhadra river. Very basic but with a good relaxed
view.