The happenings in Hampi

Greetings from the boulder-strewn landscape of Hampi! Nothing but rice fields and temples as far as the eye can see, a nice change of pace from the beaches of Goa and Goan style/trance Euro music scene. Hampi is actually a great place, and one of my favorite stops in India so far. It's a very serene place and people are very pleasant. There seems to be quite a bit of boulder watching in Hampi though. Here are some snapshots.



View from the Hahnaman (monkey) temple at sunrise (yeah, I'm suprised I got up that early too).


Sunset glow off the Virupaksha Temple. This temple was built in 1442, and it has a height of around 50 meters. It's dedicated to a form of the Hindu god Shiva.








This is what happens when you don't give Indian kids a school pen... There's a nationwide shortage, you know?


Scenes from the Vittala temple.



The highlight of this 16th century temple are the musical columns. If you hit them just right, they'll actually play a note! You can hear what the columns sound like when "played" by clicking here.

It would have been interesting to see a concert back in the day.