Top Things to do in Bellary District
Top Hotels in Bellary District
- 1. Evolve Back, Hampi
- 2. Vijayshree Resort And Heritage Village
- 3. Hyatt Place Hampi
- 4. Clarks Inn Hampi
- 5. Heritage Resort Hampi
- 6. Royal Orchid Central Kireeti - HAMPI
- 7. Hotel Hampi International
- 8. Hampi Heritage & Wilderness Resort
- 9. Rocky Guesthouse
- 10. WelcomHeritage Shivavilas Palace, HAMPI
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Discover the best top things to do in Bellary District, India including Vijaya Vittala Temple, Group of Monuments at Hampi, Rock Painting 1500 BC, Virupaksha Temple, Vithala Temple Complex, Balakrishna Temple, Shivlinga, Elephant Stables, Hampi, Lakshmi Narasimha Temple.
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1. Vijaya Vittala Temple
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 279 reviews
Reviewed By 957adityan
I am thrill and surprise that 400 years back there was so much Science and knowledge available on Stone carving, design thought symmetry, architectural view and out of world Music Pillar (unfortunately it now closed for visitor) To see detail carving on Stone Chariot itself will take some time. I strongly wish they should start every hour demonstration program (Strictly security guided) with tickets. As other Hampi temples this one big temple but many sculpture are destroyed and so pooja / archana happen at this place. Area is so specious and well maintain by archelogy department. Kudos. They have kept Battery operated vehicle from entrance to temple which is also good. One suggestion for such place guide is must and Charges for guide should be formally displayed at ticket entrance. Or Now Audio Guide facility should be available. Toilets & Washroom needed for Visitor which is missing.
2. Group of Monuments at Hampi
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 598 reviews
Reviewed By abhimanasu - Mandya, India
Hampi is a beautiful and hoistoric place in India there is someny things to see most are templs which are build in year back.Hampi is a magnificent city of ruins, located besides the Tungabhadra river in the state of Karnataka. It is about 352 kms from Bangalore. But heavy crowded places during december as many schools are orgainizing trips to hampi as as historical place.
3. Rock Painting 1500 BC
4. Virupaksha Temple
5. Vithala Temple Complex
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,061 reviews
Reviewed By ganaraj
Splendid temple ruins with amazing stone structures.It is famous for fantastic stone chariot and musical pillars.One of the best structure in Hampi locate in the banks of Tungabhadra river.
6. Balakrishna Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By macedonboy - Glasgow, United Kingdom
The Balakrishna Temple is one of the best temples of the Hampi archeological complex. As soon as you enter the temple grounds, the tower just strikes you as an impressive work of art with numerous carvings depicting the many incarnations of Vishnu. The interiors of the temple also has a series of very striking colonnades where many of the columns are richly decorated too. It’s a pity there is restoration work ongoing at this temple, but it’s still worth it for what you can see.
7. Shivlinga
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 189 reviews
Reviewed By Bhavin-joshi - Mumbai, India
The monolith Shivling and Ugra Narsimha are housed next to each other, There is a priest who performs daily rituals like puja and aarti.
8. Elephant Stables
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 629 reviews
Reviewed By hafi9876 - Bengaluru, India
The Elephant Stable in Hampi is an impressive structure that was used to provide shelter for the royal elephants of the Vijayanagara Empire. The elephant stable is located in the area that lies just outside the Zenana Enclosure..it is a historical place..The ancient stable is a major attraction among the tourists even today.
9. Hampi
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 125 reviews
Reviewed By axxmexx - Boston, United States
We traveled from the US and visited Hampi with our parents (who live in India) for the first time ever. Every place we have visited at Hampi is really an architectural wonder, can't even imagine what it was like during its glory days when this city was functioning. We loved observing the details on stone carvings, our favorite was the Stone Chariot. I have to mention these points from our experience: Access: getting to Hampi is not easy, you will experience some of the very rural and poor parts of India/Karnataka state, by all means, its not Hampi's fault for its location. India is improving, I really hope, Hampi is made accessible through the fast highway. Fee: Another sad thing is that the access fee, my wife (an American citizen) had to pay more than 10 times the fee for Indians, this is a sad display of discrimination of tourists who love India and spend so much in India virtually helping the economy otherwise. Food: If you prefer hygiene, I highly recommend you bring your food (snacks, power bars etc.). Plenty of coconut water is available (if you like it). We wandered for hours to find a decent restaurant and then finally gave up and went back to the Hotel.
10. Lakshmi Narasimha Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 27 reviews
Reviewed By krishnak915 - Bengaluru, India
What a beauty! That summarizes the art piece. This statue if mentioned in the chronicles of Paes and others. It is a huge statue (by modern standards atleast), and carved out of single boulder (which are abundant in the surroundings). The usual way is to identify the boulder, sculpt the required statue (in a beautiful way so that Royalty would look at it and patronize it), and then build a temple around it. One can see the same pattern in Narsimha statue, huge siva linga nearby, Ganesha statues at a distance etc. The vijaynagar was also called as "land of Naringa" by Paes as this was very eye catching and also very huge so will be visible from a distance. Anyone visiting hampi, should visit this monument. This statue is the cover of many of the magazines, booklets etc and so very famous and representative of Hampi ruins, In our earlier visits, the surroundings were not clean and walkable. Now the authorities have made it very walkable, clean and are laying stones nearby so that one can stand neatly. Ofcourse the difference between International heritage sights (like Angor Watt, or Roman ruins) is that there is ample boards giving information. There is none here except an odd board written by some low level archaeologist with standard prose template with words not clearly understandable. You have to depend on some of the booklets sold privately. One should be well prepared with reading material and do ones own research before visiting any of the hampi ruin sites. Carry your own water, food items, caps, umbrellas, sun screens etc. There are no toilets available nearby. The best times to visit is from August to December end (though others defer on this). During holidays particularly December, the school children, nearby locals visit and it becomes a village fair and is really not worth visiting during those days. It is very hot even in December. The weather seems to be very hot, very very hot, and super hot. There is no winter here. Visit during monsoon should be comfortable (as there is no major rains here) and cloud cover can help walk you around. Guides are useless as anyone can show any kind of printed/photocopy id and say that he is authorized. It is just fleecing. First time, may be you can use. But if you know your plans and have come prepared by reading material, you can be sure that the guide is just giving you non sense stories and have no connection to the actual sites. The hampi ruins/ narsamha statue is connected fro Hospet with public transport/private. The recommended is have your own vehicle (either your own or hire it for yourself). This statue is just a part of the overall site called Hampi ruins. so will take about less than an hour for the visit and move on to other sites.
