Deva bhoomi




I believed that Hampi has it's own historical charm but this trip to Hampi changed my perspective as looking  at it as just an old age charm and opened my eyes to its rich mythological and historical heritage.
We started our journey taking the blessings of sasivekalu Ganapathy. Our guide Mallikarjun paused to explain that the name sasive kalu is be coz of the deity 's belly in the shape of sasive kalu. It was built by a sasive kalu merchant and  hence the name



We were amazed by his Kannada where he never used a word of English ." namma  kalu Galige   chalane Kottu   Navu Mundu varida Nantara " we reached Lakshmi narasimha a monolith sitting in a yoga posture .We could  only see the narasimha with one hand of Lakshmi .originally it seems that there was a satue of Lakshmi sitting on his left thigh .It’s solitary beauty is just amazing .Just next to it is Badavi linga which  is always immersed in water this was built in the name of one poor lady who was an ardent devotee of  lord shiva .hence name “badavi linga”.


Later we visited lotus mahal  known as recreation centre for the kings . The Mahal has pipies that run between the walls about 5000 lts of water were pumped into these pipes to keep the place cool . sooo cooool !!!!!!isn’t it

The elephant stable is a place where the royal elephants were tied and taken care of. We saw a carving of a hen eating  a fish on one of those walls .It seems it was predicted that once there is “pralaya “ the whole world will be covered with water and the birds fly high in the air and to survive they will start eating  fishes .Showing us that nothing is indispensible everything has an end .

The royal citadel is a large area which includes queen’s bath which  were used by women of royal families for water sports .The mahanavami debba is a place where royal meeting were conducted. Just near to it is the secret chamber where secret meetings were held. In the same enclosure is the King’s residence which has nine chambers and also a puja room


Later we moved towards Vittala temple in an electric car operated by all ladies team. The stone chariot is a replica of the wooden chariot with its intricate carvings. The stories on stone depicts the enchanting history of the place. The magnificient temple has musical pillars. It seems that the musical concert held on this platform could be heard from one kilometer radius.
We ended our first day’s journey watching the sunset  above  Lord rama temple. The reflection of the bright colours on the stones were  spread all over the huge boulders that stood one above another. Even now I remember and savor the scene . 



   
  

Next day we headed  towards kodanda rama temple on the banks of river Tungabhadra.  The anjaneya is  inside a yanthra so it is called the yanthrodharaka anjaneya temple. There is so much of positivity in this place that I really felt rejuvenated. We crossed the river on a coracle which was jolly fun ride for all of us. We later reached rishi mukha parvatha. This place is known to be the place where sita dropped her ornaments while she was being  kidnapped by ravana. This is where rama met jambhavantha the big bear. We also saw Pampa sarovara where shabari had met Rama



We climbed five hundred steps to reach the top of anjanadri which is known to be the birth place of hanuman. The bird eye view of the ruins of vijayanagara empire could be seen from the top. The view from the top was breath taking. It looked like the rock formations were sculpted through creaters’s hand. I felt blessed to be on the top of anjanadri on the day just before hanuma jayanthi. We boarded a motor boat to reach navabrindavana a very pious  and sacred place.


One of the special moment was  the light show on the mathanga parvatha [A place where rama met sugreeva]. The show depicted how rama killed vali and made sugreeva the monkey king. The other show was how virupaksha married pampambike  and  settled in hampi. Hampi is  one such ‘punya bhoomi ‘ which is a must visit to all who enjoy the unique historical and mythological magic of this place.
I thank our friends Praveer/Aparna and Rakesh/Prema for being such good company.

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