Hampi

Overview

Hampi is an otherworldly landscape of giant rust-colored boulders punctuated by the breathtaking, intricate ruins of the medieval Vijayanagara Empire. Now an expansive UNESCO World Heritage site, it stretches along the banks of the Tungabhadra River in Karnataka. Walking through Hampi is stepping back in time; the towering Virupaksha Temple, the legendary stone chariot at the Vittala Temple, and the royal enclosures speak volumes of an era when this was one of the wealthiest cities in the global medieval world.