History of Hampi, History of Empirical, History of Epical,

History of Hampi
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The epical age of Hampi Starts from the period of Ramayana, ages before the Vijayanagara Empire was born. Hampi has an epical history as the capital city of Kishkindha, the monkey kingdom during the period of Ramayana and an empirical history as the capital city of the Vijayanagara Empire. First you must know the Empirical and histories after this introduction.

History of Empirical

It is a well-known and received truth that two brothers Harihara and Bukka Raya started the Vijayanagara Empire in the year 1336 on the command of their spiritual Guru Saint Vidyaranya. But usually the people want to know why these two brothers choused the place Hampi, what is the thing made Guru Vidhyaranya order his fellows. This are the question and more people was asking everyone who stays there in the Hampi.

History of Epical

The epical history of Hampi begins and ends with the Ramayana in Threta Yuga. There are a lot of selfish proofs in Hampi to show that it might have been the capital of the mighty ape empire - Kishkindha. Whole of Kishkindha Kanda chapter of Valmiki Ramayana is built in and around the places of Hampi. This is the place where the Hanuman was born; this is the place where the Hanuman met Lord Rama; Finally this is the place where the Vali fought with his brother Sugriva.

Ramayana
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Hampi, usually called with others names usually called Bhaskara kshetra, Pampa kshetra or Kishkindha kshetra which are not known to so many people in the country but everyone likes to see this Hampi, not only Indians go to see this pilgrimage place also foreigners come to see the place. Tungabhadra river’s name known as Pampa. The word Hampe or Hampi word come from the Kannada language this term means Pampa.

The prehistoric Kishkindha of the Ramayana is believed to have been located near the place of present day Hampi.

The monkey kings, Vali and Sugriva, ruled Kishkindha. After a argue, Sugriva, who had been thrown out from that place, Matanga Parvata he took asylum here, with Hanuman. Later than Ravana had carried Sita away to Lanke, Rama and Lakshmana came to south in search of Sita and met the refugees their, Sugriva and Hanuman. Vali was Killed by Rama, the kingdom was returned to Sugriva & on the Malyavanta Hill he then stayed, nearby awaiting the results of Hanuman's search for Sita in Lanka.

Hampi and its hinterland is well thought-out holy floor and a lot of its places and their names are related with the episode of the Ramayana. Consequently the Matanga Hill, where the Sugriva took refuge, is a vertical hill on the to the east of the Hampi village and south reservoir of the Tungabhadra river.An observation of the nearby nation can be seen on the top of this hill. The Malyavanta Hill where Rama stayed is on the way to Kampili and has a Raghunatha temple where you can see the with huge illustration of Rama.

An enormous mountain of curious cinders in the next village of Nimbapuram is thought to be the cremated remainder of Vali. A grotto on the southern reservoir of the Tungabhadra is thought to be the cavern where Sugriva secrete Sita's gold, silver, precious stone ornaments used for protection, while certain symbols & streaks on the mass rock close to it are pointed out as the characters made by Sita's clothes. The Rishyamukha & Anjanagiri hills are the two holy tanks of the Pampasarovar(Pampa river) are on the northern reservoir of the river Tungabhadra.

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About Vijayanagara, Dynasties and the Kings who ruled Hampi empire

About Vijayanagara
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Hampi, the capital town of Vijayanagara kingdom, was founded by 2 brothers Harihara and Bukkaraya (usually identified their names as Hakka & Bukka), as per the supervision of their Guru Vidyaranya. It was not just the principal Hindu kingdom of its moment in time, but it was also one of the chief trading centers of the globe.

Hampi makets were at all times busy with merchants from all over the globe to exchange their goods with the exchange of the Indian goods like Cotton and spices, which are the items grown lavishly in the areas of Vijayanagara. Rubies (atype of precious stone), The currencies of that time were Gold and silver. Diamonds and all types of valuable and precious stones were sold on the streets in the amount of seers (the seers are like a liter type of thing, which is used to measure the things but this, was not seen nowadays.

Hampi, built at the time of 1336 and at that time there were only half million of people was staying their. This place was very important for trade, devotees and poets which inspired to create their new works especially poets. At that time there were hundreds of temples were their, see the Hampi now you can come to conclusion with this matter. At that time their were festivals and public functions were celebrated. Tenali Rama and Shri Purandhara Dasa are linked with the place Hampi. This is a place where Lord Rama met Hanuman and killed Vali in return for aid from Sugreeva.

After seeing its golden reign during King Krishna Deva Raya (AD 1509 - 1529), Hampi fell down to the earth to the attacks of the five Sultans of Deccan - Bidar, Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmednagar and Berar in the year 1565. The city was looted for a period of more than 6 months. The temples were damaged and the market was plundered. The golden empire had come to an end.

Establishment
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In 1336 A.D. the seat of Vijayanagara Empire was established by Saint Vidyaranya by taking help from his follower disciples Hakka and Bukka. In School textbooks in India we can see this is the lesson children learns in their school. If we take easily and learn like a story we can easily not only pass but also we can know our country. In text books we can find only one detail about Hampi but if we go through the famous Indian authors books we can learn much more things about Hampi.Their are several stories and background having several common similarity, but significant variations in their details as regards to the beginning of the city of Vijayanagara and its empire of rulers. By reading the details about Hampi in this Blog you can come to conclusion about Hampi.

In a book called A Forgotten Empire: Vijayanagar; A Contribution to the History of India written by A British District Collector Robert Sewell, in his book he mentions some of these and hinted that Two brothers, Hindus of the Kuruba caste, who are the men of physically powerful religious thoughts, who are serving in the treasury of the King of Warangal, fled from that place on its sack and annihilation in 1323 A.D. Under Raja of Anagonde they took service. Both of them and their chiefs were filled with revulsion & horror at the demeanor of the looting Muslims pledged themselves to the basis of their motherland and their religious conviction. These brothers rose to be preacher and Treasurer in that order at the court of Anagonde. In 1334, the leader gave asylum to Bah-ud-din, the nephew of Mohammed Tughlaq of Delhi and was emotionally involved by him.

Then Anagonde fell after this Sultan gives up work, leaving Malik Kafur as his second-in-command to regulation of the state. Malik found the community was too strong for him and ultimately the Sultan restored the country to the Hindus raising to be Raja and Minister correspondingly. Harihara and Bukkha were the two brothers.

Dynasties and the Kings who ruled Hampi empire:
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Note:- All Dynasties and Kings who ruled Hampi Empire are given from the date of 1336 to 1672.

• Vira Harihara I Sangamas 1336-1354
• Bukka Raya I Sangamas 1354-1377
• Vira Harihara Raya II Sangamas 1376-1404
• Virupaksha Raya I Sangamas 1404-1405
• Bukka Raya II Sangamas 1405-1406
• Deva Raya I Sangamas 1406-1422
• Bukka Raya III Sangamas 1422-1423
• Deva Raya II Sangamas 1423-1446
• Vira Deva Raya Sangamas 1446-1447
• Mallikarjuna Raya Sangamas 1447-1465
• Virupaksha Raya II Sangamas 1465-1486
• Suluva Narasinga Raya I Suluva 1486-1493
• Suluva Narasinga Raya II Suluva 1493-1501
• Vira Narasimha Raya I Tuluva 1501-1502
• Vira Narasimha Raya II Tuluva 1502-1509
• Krishna Deva Raya Tuluva 1509-1530
• Achyuta Deva Raya Tuluva 1530-1542
• Venkata Deva Raya I Tuluva 1542-1543
• Vira Sadashiva Raya Tuluva 1543-1568
• Tirumala Deva Raya II Aravidu 1568-1572
• Sri Ranga Deva Raya I Aravidu 1572-1586
• Venkatapati Deva Raya II Aravidu 1586-1614
• Sri Ranga Deva Raya II Aravidu 1614-1615
• Rama Deva Raya Aravidu 1615-1633
• Venkata Deva Raya III Aravidu 1633-1646
• Sri Ranga Deva Raya III Aravidu 1646-1672

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Raconteur, Domingo Paes

Raconteur
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Being the trade heart for the entire of South India with the ports of Bhatkal, Cochin, Goa, and the other important ports beneath its be in charge of, Vijayanagara was visited by a lot of overseas traders & delegates. The Empire had so many Ambassadors from all over the parts of the globe including the places from Europe, but the contract of thanks should be given to the people who came to India as Raconteur, who, from beginning to end their recording of their era, helped us in thoughtful the life, and beauty of Vijayanagara kingdom and its affairs with new kingdoms in India and around the globe throughout that era. The overseas guests to the Vijayanagara kingdom or the neighboring states are recorded in the diagram below along with the estimated years during which they made their recordings. We also record the name of the ruler in Vijayanagara during that period.

Vijayanagara Rulers with their years

• Nicolo De Conti Italy 1419-1444 Deva Raya I
• Bukka Raya III
• Deva Raya II
• Duarte Barbosa Portugal 1504-1514 Krishna Deva Raya
• Fernao Nuniz Portugal 1536-1537 Achyuta Deva Raya
• Domingo Paes Portugal 1520 Krishna Deva Raya
• Abdur Razzak Persia 1443 Deva Raya II
• Athanasius Nikitin Russia 1468-1474 Virupaksha Raya II
• Garcia Da Orta Portugal 1534 Achyuta Deva Raya
• Ludovico di Varthema Italy 1502-1507 Krishna Deva Raya
• Caesaro Federici Italy 1567 Vira Sadashiva Raya
• Firishtah Persia 1596 Venkatapati Deva Raya II
• Pietro della Valle Italy 1623 Rama Deva Raya

Domingo Paes
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Of all the overseas travelers who come to the Vijayanagara kingdom, Domingo Paes' recordings are of distinctive standards as they provide first hand bright, graphic description of his special and personal experiences about the Vijayanagara Kingdom.

He was stayed at the Hindu Capital at the period of its uppermost glory. HE visited the capital under the rule of Krishnadevaraya, the most dominant ruler of Vijayanagara Kingdom. He also had so much wealth of Vijayanagara and also the most bravely fought the battles of Vijayanagara. The encounter of Raichur between the magnificent defense force of KrishnaDevaRaya consisting about a million and Adil Shah of Bijapur.

Domingo Paes visited the Vijayanagara Kingdom about 1520A.D. he was a Portuguese explorer. He was the first who accompanied Christovao de Figueiredo, a Portuguese issue.

Regarding the ports under the rule of Vijayanagara, Domingo Paes writes - "The said monarchy has many places on the coast of India, they are sea ports with which we are at calm, and in some of them we have factories, i.e., Bacanor, Amcola, Bracalor, Batecalla, Mamgalor, Honor, and Mirgeo."

At the time of writing about the irrigation, the land has plenty of rice and Indian corn, beans, grains, and all other kind of crops that are not sown in our parts, also an perpetuity of fiber. Of the grains their is a enormous amount, this is because, besides being used as food for human, it is also used for animals like horse and other animals, since there were no other brand of barley, and this country has also much wheat.

This country wants water because it is that very great and has few streams; they make lakes in which water collects when it rains, and in this manner they preserve themselves. About the market Paes writes, ‘Going forward, you have a broad and beautiful street, full of rows of fine houses and streets of the sort I have described, and it is to be understood that the houses belong to men rich enough to afford such.

In this street live many merchants, and there you will find all sorts of rubies, and diamonds, and emeralds, and pearls, and seed pearls, and cloths, and every other sort of thing there is on earth and that you may wish to buy. Then you have there every evening a fair where they sell many common horses and nags, and also many citrons, and limes, and oranges, and grapes, and every other kind of garden stuff, and wood; you have all in this street.’

About the Vijayanagara he writes, that ‘The size of this city I do not write here, because it cannot all be seen from any one spot, but I climbed a hill whence I could see a great part of it; I could not see it all for the reason that it lies linking several ranges of hills. What I saw from thence seemed to me as large as Rome, and very beautiful to the sight; there are many groves of trees within it, in the gardens of the houses, and many conduits of water which flow into the midst of it, and in places there are lakes; and the king has close to his palace a palm-grove and other rich-bearing fruit-trees’.

"This is the best provided city in the world, and is stocked with provisions such as rice, wheat, grains, Indian-corn, and a certain amount of barley and beans, moong, pulses, horse-gram, and a lot of other seeds which grow in this country which are the food of the nation, and there is large store of these and very cheap; but wheat is not so common as the other grains, since no one eats it apart from the Moors."

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Abdur Razzaq

Abdur Razzaq

During the period of Deva Raya II, Abdur Razzak visited the city. Abdur Razzak visited this city after Nicolo De Conti who was visited 20 years ago. He was entrusted with an embassy from Persia, and set out on his mission on 1442 A.D January 13th. At the beginning of November on the same year he arrived at Calicut, where he resided till the beginning of 1443 A.D. April. Being there he was summoned to Vijayanagara, traveled everywhere, and was in the grand city from the ending of April - 5th December of the same year. You may ask why he left from Calicut, the following details are collected…

"On a sudden a man arrived who brought me the intelligence that the king of Bidjanagar, who holds a dominant kingdom and a strong authority under his way, and entrusted and sent him to the Sameri as entrust, Charged with a letter in which he desired that he would send on to him the representative of His Majesty, the happy Khakhan (the king of Persia).

Even though the Sameri is not subject to the laws of the king of Bidjanagar, he all the same pays him respect and stands tremendously in fear of him, but, if what is said is factual, this latter prince has in his dominions 300 ports, each of them which is equivalent to the city of Calicut, and on Terra Firma his territories consist of a space of 3 months of journey."

Respect to this request, Abdur Razzak who was staying in Calicut left from their and went to Mangalore by sea, "which forms the border of the kingdom of Bidjanagar." Abdur Razzak stayed their for nearly two - three days and then journeyed inland, by passing many towns and cities, and in the middle of he saw a astonishing temple made up of bronze. After seeing this temple he mentions that, "At length I came to a mountain whose apex reached the skies. Having left this peak and the forest behind me I reached a town namely known as Belur, the houses of which looked like palaces." In Belur he saw a temple that is sculptured beautifully.

"At the end of the month of April 1443A.D, we arrived at the city of Bidjanagar. The king sent huge corteges to meet us, and selected us a very attractive house for our living, His dominion extends from the boundary of Serendib to the extremities of the country of Gulbarga(before it was known as Kalbergah).

One can see they’re more than thousands of elephants, in their size similar to like a mountains and in their form resembling Devils. There was Eleven Lakhs (nearly $2,085) number of troops. One may seek in abortive the whole time the whole of Hindustan to find out more complete RAI, for the royals of this country bear the title of RAI".

Two eyes not seen a place like Bidjanagar, and the ear of intellect has never been informed that their existed anything to equal it around the whole world. It is built in such a way that there were seven citadels, the same number of walls encloses each other. The first citadel stones are like a height of a man, one half of which is sunk in the ground whereas the other half citadels rises above it. These are fixed one beside the other in such a way that no horse or a foot soldier could bravely or with ease move toward the citadel."

Abdur Razzaq illustrates the outer citadel as a "fortress of round shape, built on the summit of a mountain, and constructed of stones and lime. It has very solid gates, the guards of which are continuously at their post, and examine everything with severe inspection." These passages have to refer to the outer line of wall, since Razzaq's "seventh stronghold" is the innermost of all. There were guards at the gates were doubtless the officers entrusted with the collection of the Octroi duties. Sir Henry Elliot's version adds to the passage as quoted the words, -- "they collect the JIZYAT or taxes."

"The seventh fortress is to the north, and is the palace of the king. The distance between the opposite gates of the outer fort north and south is two passages (nearly seven to eight miles), and from the same east to west."

"The gap which separates the first fort from the second, and upto the third fortress, full is filled with cultivated lands, with houses and also with gardens. From the third space to the seventh space, one meets a numerous crowd of community, with so many shops, and also with a bazaar. From the king's palace are four bazaars, located opposite to each other. On the north is the portico of the palace of the RAI. On top of each bazaar in the palace is a haughty shopping arcade with a glorious gallery, but the audience hall of the king's palace is prominent above all the rest. The bazaars are extremely lengthy and broad."

"The flowers like Roses are sold all over the place. This public could not live without rose flower, and they look upon them as pretty as necessary like a food.... Each class of men belonging to each occupation has shops adjacent to one to the other, the Jewelers were selling publicly in the bazaars like a vegetables the Jewelers like Pearls, Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds were selling the bazaar. In this broad zone, as well as in the king's palace, one sees several running canals and streams created of a chiseled stone, polished and also with smooth."

Here king’s palace behind there was house and hall allotted to the Daniak, to the left side of the said palace is the Mint. In the king's palace are several cells, like basins, filled with bullion, forming one mass. This kingdom contains so great number of population that it would be unfeasible to give an idea of it without inflowing into far-reaching details.

Opposite the DIVAN-KHANEH, he continues, are the quarters of the elephants. "Each elephant has a separate partition, the walls of this partitions are extremely hard and the roof composed with a strong pieces of wood. Opposite the Mint is the house of the Governor, where are stationed 12,000 soldiers on guard. Behind the Mint is a sort of bazaar, which is more than 300 Ghez in length, more than twenty in breadth.

Both sides are ranged houses, in front was erected, instead of benches, several lofty seats were constructed with beautiful stones. On the two sides of the street formed by the chambers are represented with the figures of panthers, lions and with other animals. Thrones and seats are placed on the platforms, and the courtesans seat themselves thereon, decorated with fine gems. The author took up his abode in a supercilious house, which had been allotted to him, on the 1st day of Muharram (1443, May 1)

"One day some messengers sent from the fort of the king came to see me, and at the close of the same day I presented myself at court. The prince was seated in a hall, bounded by the most magnificent attributes of state. Left and Right of him stood a massive crowd of men arranged in a ring. The king was dressed in a housecoat of green satin; around his neck he was woreing a collar, collected of pearls of beautiful water, and with all other types of splendid gems. He had an olive skin, his edge was thin, and he was rather tall, on his cheeks might be seen a slight down, hut there was no beard on his chin. The expression of his countenance was tremendously pleasurable."

In the front of this place rose a palace with nine pavilions admirably bejeweled. On the ninth day the king's throne was set up. In the seventh was allotted a place to the humble author of this narrative. Between the palace and the pavilions, were musicians and storytellers.

"There the throne, which was of bizarre size, was made up of gold and enriched with all types of precious stones which is farthest value. Before the throne there was a square cushion on the edges of which were sown 3 rows of pearls."

The above explanation given by the above famous travelers really tells us the splendors of the great Hindu Capital in the first half of the fifteenth century.

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How to reach Hampi By Air Way, Train, Bus, Taxi/Car, Bike, walk, Autorickshaw facilities,

There are mixtures of means by which we can reach Hampi.
Some of the means are as follows:

By Air Way

This place doesn’t have any airport. But we can see the nearest airport, where one can fly to, it is in Hubli nearly 112 miles/180 kilometers (approx) and has flights by Air Deccan, India's first famous low cost airlines. A few more airlines are budding in a largely neglected and not-so-popular means of transportation in the country. Flights to Hubli are available from Bangalore and Belgaum.

There are many International flights coming in from many international airports around the world to Bangalore. It would be a good decision to fly to Bangalore and then travel by rail or road from Bangalore. Hampi is only 220 miles (350 km) from Bangalore and National Highway to Hospet connects it.

The Government of India, in principle, in the year June 2004, gave its consent for establishment of new airport near Hampi. But this may not construct immediately, let’s we wait and see, what you say?

Some useful Airlines information that may help to you all:

Andhra Pradesh 9849677008

Air Deccan Ticketing:

All India 080-39 00 88 88
Chennai 9840377008
Delhi 9818177008
Gujarat 9898377008
J & K State 1600447008
Mumbai 9892577008
Maharashtra 9890477008
N E States 1600447008
Karnataka 9845777008
Kolkatta 9831677008

Tamil Nadu 9894477008

By Rail Way

The nearby railway station to Hampi is Hospet; it is nearly13 km from Hampi. Though all trains will halt at Hospet, but there are rare. Some information says that there are more than 10 trains daily and also with nearly 5 special trains, which ply once or twice a week. Among these two of them are from Bangalore. Indian Railways Government of India company and largest employer of the world run the trains. Indian Railways is one of the largest railway networks of the world and is a very popular means of transport in the country.

Tickets for boarding can be purchased at the ticketing offices at the boarding station an hour before leaving of the train. But it is highly suggested that you want to reserve your tickets well in advance at any reservation office, wherever in the country. You also have an option to purchase reservations tickets from approved travel agents. Reservation would promise you a berth on the train. If you purchase the ticket at the counter sooner than boarding, it will only let you get into the train but won't guarantee a seat. In addition, in many trains, the bogies for reserved and also ordinary tickets are different and not similarly comforting. Not reserving a ticket might be very prickly on the extra long journeys.

In case you are not able to reserve a berth seat, you can talk to the Ticket Checker (TC) on the train. He/she, for a small fee, would arrange a berth in a reserved bogie, it is good not to bride the TCs’, if any were available against cancellations. It is illegal activity and also immoral. Recently, Indian Railways Company came up with an online reservation system for the benefit of visitors. You can log on to the following website and check the latest train timetables of trains plying through Hospet.

Indian Railways Official Website: http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/
Indian Railways Reservation Website: http://www.irctc.co.in/

By Road Way

There is not tension about road way you have various means to travel to Hampi. A few of the facilities are mentioned below:

By Bus

Karnataka State Government Buses ply every 30 minutes from Hospet to Hampi. If you are going to Hampi from other places like Bangalore, Bellary or Hubli, you should first go to Hospet either through bur or train and then you must change a bus from there to reach Hampi.

But one bad new there is no reservation on the buses and seats, but they are given on a first come first serve basis. But one goods news a few seats reserved for woman passengers and must be occupied only by females. No needs to book tickets the fare are collected by conductors on the bus itself and issue a ticket. If you are traveling by Government buses, please ask and take a ticket from the conductor. It is illegal to travel on a bus without a ticket. This is true even if you pay the full fare. It is the duty of the passenger to ask and take the ticket. If caught, the bus inspector will fine you.

By Car/Taxi

Hospet is connected by road through Indian National Highway (NH14). This highway that connects the two metropolitan cities Bangalore to Mumbai. All Indian roads - be it national highways or state highways, have a milestone every kilometer. If you were traveling by a private car or by taxi, reaching Hampi would not be very difficult at all. Follow the signs for Hospet Till you reach Hospet, or it is said to keep watching the milestones, which can be seen every kilometer until you reach Hospet. Once you reached Hospet, just follow the signs to Hampi from Hospet or you can ask anyone if you are not able to read the signs boards.

Hampi are located on a map. If you get lost or if you think you are lost, do not fear. Stop the car by the road near stalls and ask them the way to Hampi. They will be more than pleased to guide you. Tea-stalls are abundantly available on this route and serve good quality tea, coffee and snacks. From all the parts of India private tourist taxis are available to Hampi. Taxis are also available from Hospet to Hampi. You can also hire a taxi from Hospet to Hampi at a very realistic amount.

Rickshaws Facilities @ Hampi

In India Auto Rickshaws are the best means of transport from one city to another, this are available to Hampi from Hospet and also from Hampi to Hospet. Rickshaws can be hired near Bus Stand or any rickshaw stand in Hospet. The Rickshaw trip to Hampi will cost you about Rs.5-10. Rickshaw may cause tired to all after riding more than a 13km (only 3 passengers, except driver). Before going by auto we inform not to go without deciding the tariff with the driver, sometimes the drivers may create conflict.

By Bikes

If you have a bike or can afford a bike for rent you can also go by bike. But, it may cost more because you need more fuel to get in there to Hampi. By going to Hampi by Bike you can follow the same route as said in the Taxi/Car way.

Can I go by Walk?

Yes. You can go but it is too long to walk to this place. If you are vowed to god you can really can go ahead. But you must have capacity with self-confidence to go to Hampi by walk. Also you need so many days to go by walk.

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Accommodations in Hampi, HUT facilities, Tour Packages,

Accommodations in Hampi

Hotels

Hampi does not have so many hotels but it also have few hotels nearby. You can find several lodges, guesthouses and rooms for rent. Many visitors make Hospet as their base for several reasons. You will also get Air-conditioned rooms with good facilities at reasonable rates. A few hotels also offer in-house facilities like, function halls, Telephone, Internet, multi-cuisine restaurants with separate vegetarian and non-vegetarian sections.


Some of the few Good Hotels are mentioned as follows:

Hotel Mayura Vijayanagara
Tungabhadra Dam
Karnataka, India
Price Range: N/A

Hotel Mayura Lodge
Adjacent to KSRTC Bus Stand
Hospet 583 201
Karnataka, India
Price Range: N/A

Hotel Mallige
J.N.Road
Near Lakshmi Talkies
Hospet 583 201
Karnataka, India
Price Range: Rs. 200 onwards

Hotel Shanbhag Towers
Shanbhag Circle
College Road
Hospet 583 201, Karnataka, India
Price Range: Rs. 600 onwards

Hotel Mayura Bhuvaneshwari (A Unit of K.S.T.D.C)
Kamalapur - Hampi, Karnataka, India
Price Range: Rs.300 onwards

Hotel Priyadarshini
Yalamanchili Complex Pvt Ltd
V/45 Station Road
Hospet 583 201, Karnataka, India
Price Range: Rs.250 onwards

Sree Rama Tourist House
Hampi Bazaar
Hampi 583 239, Karnataka, India
Price Range: N/A

Ranjana Guest House
Behind Govt. School
Hampi 583 239, Karnataka, India
Price Range: Rs.600 onwards

Not only Hotels there are so many HUT facilities are also available:

To one side from the Hotels we are also mentioned, you can also find, a lot of huts kept in hoardings. Just follow the directions if you are interested in learning the art of minimal living. The rates for these Huts in Hampi are available for rent for Rs.60-75 only. Looking at the village living, several business people have also started their cottage resorts in and around the area. Among them one such business in the Hampi Boulders.

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Tour Packages For Hampi from different places:-

There are so many tour operators who conduct their tours and tour package. These operators plan and also arrange the whole trip for you. Also you must do is pay and sit and relax. The tour operators have their own buses, some of them with air-conditions. The packages include accommodation and some of them include meals also. This type of packages will be benefit to the people who can’t afford more amounts, and also who don’t have much knowledge.

The Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) also conducts this type of packages every often or every year. The tour package covers not only Hampi but other historical places like Badami, Tungabhadra Dam, Bijapur Pattadakallu, Kudala Sangama, and Aihole, and costs is around Rs.1200 per person($25). The tour cost includes accommodation. KSTDC also gives special discounts for group bookings and student bookings. Want to know more about KSTDC visit their website http://www.kstdc.nic.in/

There are many tour packages operators in Goa who have latest and most comfortable buses (some air-conditioned and with a sleeper) from different places in Goa to Hampi. If you were coming to or already in Goa, 10-hours journey need these air-conditioned coaches with sleepers.

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Tourist Information Offices in Hampi, Phone and also Internet Facilities in Hampi, Banks, ATMs, Credit Cards and Foreign Exchange, Post Office.

Tourist Information Offices in Hampi: -

A Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation (KSTDC) information office is situated in the main place of Hampi Bazaar area. The contact for the office is (08394) 241339. You can contact Mr.Nagaraj who is in charge of the office in Hampi. Supplementary information is also available in all the KSTDC hotels and the KSTDC office in Hospet.

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Important Tourist Information

Hello I am worrying about Phone Booths and Internet Facilities, are there any facilities in Hampi
Yes of course, my dear friend there are so many phone and Internet facilities are available look at down and know about that………..

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Phone and also Internet Facilities in Hampi:

Near Hampi Bazaar area there are Internet facilities are also available in cafes. The prices may occur from Rs.60 – Rs. 70 per hour.(Please ask the price for an hour and then go to browse). But near Hospet the above said facilities are available are at Rs. 30 per hour. No need to worry about Telephone facilities there are so many and plenty of Booths are available and they charge for a call on a Government tariff. Mobile phones do work in certain parts of Hampi but only with the connection with BSNL.

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Banks, ATMs, Credit Cards and Foreign Exchange: -

Canara Bank, situated in the Hampi Bazaar does a lot of forex. There are no ATMs in Hampi but you can withdraw cash on your Credit Card from the bank. There are a good number of ATMs in Hospet. Most of them situated near the Bus Stand and near the Railway Station. There are some ATMs in the market that is just about 500 meters from the bus stand.

Many merchants and banks accept MasterCard and Visa Credit Cards. Some places also accept Debit Cards. There are nearly 15 foreign exchange counters at Hampi near Hampi Bazaar. All the counters are only in this area. All exchanges have Western Union Money Transfers and accept all Travelers' Cheques. US Dollars, GB Pounds and Euros are most popular currencies for forex.

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Post Office facility in Hampi: -

Post office in the Hampi is located exactly on the left side of the main entrance to the Virupaksha Swamy Temple just outside its main entrance. The post office contact number is 08394- 241242. Usually the timings of the Post Office are 10.00 AM to 04.30 PM. The Pin Code number is 583239. Sunday will be the Holiday for Post Office. All the International Post facilities are available here the foreigners do not want to worry about the post service here, all types of letters, letter cards, post cards, stamps are available at Government fixed rates, which is also cheap and best compared to private facilities.

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Medical Facilities, Police Station, Climate

Medical Facilities

Government Hospital situated in Kamalapura this is the only one hospital that is nearest to Hampi. The hospital has 24-hour maternity service and ambulance facilities with Emergency First Aid facility. The Kamalapura Government Hospital authorities contact number is (08394) 241444. In Hampi there are private parishioners who has a small clinic. (But please see whether the doctor is a registered doctor or not)

In Hospet place also has bigger medical facilities and you can be contacted at (08394) 223488, 222122.

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Police Station which is required for safety purpose, there are also security for all: -

In Hampi there is only one outpost police station in Virupaksha Temple that’s not too far but just at the right hand side of the main entrance of the temple. You can take down the telephone number: (08394) 241241, this telephone line is shared between the police station and with the temple. There will be just 2 beating constables on the duty. But the main Police Station is located at Kamalapura opposite the new Bus Station.



Climate

Like all other places in this part of India, has a tropical weather. The summers have very hot, dry and dusty mornings with peak temperatures touching 450C while the evenings are not so bad. In rainy seasons, when it rains, it rains continually for several days, sometimes weeks. This is the season to be avoided for any backpacking adventure since the weather might get really mean leading to a very bad experience. Here in winter day it is cold but the temperatures are still around 30-3750C.

Note : Due to frequent changes in telephone numbers, kindly consult the local telephone directory or information centre for the latest/current telephone numbers. We also request you to intimate us with such new/changed telephone numbers.

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