The day we reached the city of Hospete, after a small rest we headed out to explore Hampi with the eyes of a tourist. It was most of our first time in Hampi, so we all started from the Kishkinda resort -where we stayed- to the temple town of Hampi which was about a kilometer away through auto and a small boat ride across river Tungabhadra.
We were greeted by various men offering us tour guides, autos, maps and as we walked up the stairs through a way with stalls on both sides, there were people trying to sell us items with different offers. There were many other tourists who were being swept away by these offers but we had our facilitators as our guides. The place was buzzing with tourists even though it was a Monday morning. The first place we visited was the famous Virupaksha temple, it was a sight to behold. The first thing I noticed were the many intricate carvings on the gopuram, they really made it stand out. It made me wonder what they were trying to depict. Since photography was only permitted after giving a fee of 50 rupees, I only clicked photographs on our second last day in Hampi.
We also walked to some other places that day, most of them being temples. We visited Hemakuta Hill temple, the Monolithic Bull, Achutaraya Temple -which was a little isolated, Kadelekalu Ganesha Temple and the monolithic Narasimha,
It was a day where we were to simply spend the day looking at the structures without too much thinking, though I am sure by the end of the day after so many visits, there were certain questions that may have arisen in many of our minds. It is hard not to when you are in a place so rich in culture and history.
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