Hampi is situated on the banks of the Tungabhadra river. It is 353 km from Bangalore, 254 km from Bijapur and 74 km away from Bellary. Hospet .
Hampi is identified with the mythological Kishkindha, the Vanara (monkey) kingdom which finds mention in the Ramayana. The first historical settlements in Hampi date back to 1 CE.
Hampi formed one of the cores of the capital of the Vijayanagara empire from 1336 to 1565. It was destroyed by Moslem sultan
HOW I REACHED!!!
it was jst a usual monday morning for me nothing to do no upcoming events for the day. as i read in an evening college my days are as fucked as anything wat all i do is wait for the evening.. it was something around 1o i got a call from an acquaintance who happens to be an engineer in texas instrument but is a traveller at heart. and he told me only one thing "HAMPI CHALEGA KYA, ABHI!".. at first i nagged a little for some obvious reasons then refused and hung up....but the traveller in me was kicking 10 mins later.....
i brushed my theeth, washed ma face and gave him a call..."yes i am all ready"
i packed a bag with my camera, 6 rechargable cells,charger, mobile charger, a jacket and all set for the destination and a few bucks obviously....
15 mins later i found me in an auto heading for MAJESTIC, the life line of bangalore its bus cum train terminal.....as we moved in we were greated by abt 40 platforms with buses packed up to leave for their destinies.. we rushed for a platform reading"HOSPET" the closest town to hampi....were lucky enough to grab the bus as it left within 5 mins and we had no idea abt next bus...
we were all set for the most bumpy ride of my life....coz most of my travels are preplanned and i love volvos(i love those sexy bitches, hats off to the person who invented air suspension)... but this was not a beauty at all a regular KSRTC oldie whining and cursing all on board ....
but i mst not forget to mension the roads were heavens for the first time i saw those sexy toll plazas eight lanes if i m not wrong...atlast something good happend..
we reached hospet by 9 at night....all famished and ass paining... and then the classic tragedy began.... we went to the atm to fetch some cash as wat i had was jst 400 bucks after buying the tickets and having some food on the way....atm not working
we kept hunting for atms...after a few futile hunts.... a miracle.....a working atm...yippiee..
but by know most of the restraunts or dhabas were closed....anyways everything was not haywired as we got a hotel room....atleast we wont be spending night on the bus stand...for which i was quite prepared mentally
then something began which i call " mulla ki daud masjid tak" i.e. search for a daru shop....we had 2 jumbo cans each with omlette and were feeling hungry like anything... at last we got some rice at a station stall for 10 bucks so u can imagine the quality....but as we were all SETTTT....so it dint bothered much.....after a while we were in the hotel room all checking and perparing our weapons of disaster for the kill coming next morning
morning 6:30 we were on are toes for hampi another 20 mins ride
and then it was the most breath taking moment.....ruins, temples, rocks, rivers scattered all over in a radius of 20 kms....i love lonely places , deserted beaches and architectural ruins top the list....
it was a busy day running around like crazy...every rock looked like a master piece, every monument as if alive and telling its story... and those firang babes were diverting me every now and then.... after all shooting shaating.... we called it a day by 3....went back to the base camp "hospet"....and by 3:30 it was bye bye hampi
this trip was actually like a teaser....and the famous saying fits here"picture to abhi baki hai mere dost"
will get back to hampi with some more time at hand a lil more planning....
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