Re: A ride through a forgotten era: Hampi

Travelogue approved.

the fourth picture from the bottom is so tempting.

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Why is this pic so tempting??? Too much ghee makhan you had for dinner

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[MENTION=20165]phanikar[/MENTION] : great log & superb pics... and 41 degrees!!! OMFG!!! thats like becoming a roasted papad in heat! insane stuff! and unlike [MENTION=7123]sunilg[/MENTION] i found the very 1st pic & the 4th pic awesome... nothing beats the temptation of a shiny smooth black-top runway!
way to go man... keep it coming!!!

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Thank you Sirjee

Thanks buddy But that road(in the first pic) induces motion sickness for me

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Nice ride again there Phani ! 41 degrees! Phew! Roasted is putting it mildly, but then bikers do put up with extreme conditions to follow their passion
Waiting for the rest.

Cheers & Ride Safe

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Its really become difficult to ride in 41 degree temperature buddy, but that is the thing which make us to learn things....:

Nice pictures waiting for the rest....

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Thank you Sir

Yeah the heat definitely took a toll on me. Had more fluid intakes than fuel for the bike

Day 2:
The agenda for the day was to go from one oven to another(read from Mantralayam to Hampi). Got up at 4.30 for a early darshan and more importantly, Prasad J after stocking up some fluids and fruits left for Hampi. It was the first time that I was taking this route. The deviation from Adoni-Raichur road opened up the country roads with almost Zero traffic, road conditions were not much of a concern. Infact I had missed the Deviation towards Urkunda, which I was told was a faster route to Siraguppa. With no regrets on taking this route reached Siraguppa.
There are basically 2 main routes from Siraguppa to Hampi, one via Bellary and other by the banks of Tunga Bhadra. The route by the banks is a good 40 kms shorter than Bellary stretch. Once you turn right after siraguppa, life starts becoming messier by every km travelled. Though the map said that I was travelling the river, not a drop of water was seen anywhere It took me around 2 hours just to reach Kampli.

One of the "best" Stretches towards Kampli



Heat was getting the better off me, The KA side was few degrees cooler but still in 40s

Reached Hampi by noon and decided to stay at Viruppapura Gaddi, The “Happening “part of Hampi.



There are basically two routes to get to Virupapura Gaddi by bikes in this season. One, to take a ferry from Behind of Virupaksha Temple and two, ferry from Vijaya Vittala Temple to Anegundi. Virupapura gaddi is appx 7 kms from Anegundi.

Actually Virupapura Gaddi is an island Behind the main temple of Lord Virupaksha. Now that there is no water once can easily ride/drive through it, otherwise one has to park their cars on the Munirabad-Gangavati road and take a ferry. Ferry operates from Morning 7 to evening 6. The ferries transport bikes at Rs.10/- per trip. None of the ferries transport cars. Once you are on the island, its like you are totally isolated from the outside world, so peaceful and calm. Also the accommodation on this part of the the river is comparatively cheap and also many folds neater because its frequented by foreigners mainly. Found a decent enough accommodation at Shanti guest house. Absolutely loved the place.

Few pics of the place where i Stayed





After a powernap on the swing, set out to get a good vantage point to witness Sunset. Though Matanga Hill was the best bet for sunset, but the ferry timings made me give it a second thought. Found an un named hill and spent some time there for a good view, but was not lucky enough as it started getting cloudy and the sunset was not visible.

Day 3:
This was a really taxing day, in terms of physical endurance. Had plans of climbing up Matunga hill for Sunrise the aerial view of the whole of Hampi and few running around here and there. Over slept in the cozy room of mine only to realize that it had already been 6.30 so took good amount of time to lazily get ready and have a wholesome breakfast.

Took the ferry to other side. One needs to be very careful riding on the side ramp of the stairs. All my effort to get the aerial view of Hampi went down the drain when the police told that access to the top of the hill has been closed due to some reason. So went to the the Achutaraya Temple behind Matunga Hill. From there saw a few people on top of Matunga hill, wondered how would there guys have climbed when the trail was closed. So searched for few other options to get to the top. After few failed attempts finally got to the top, panting like hell. Since it was the start of the weekend not people populated the small temple town. Didn’t do much out of the box stuff, but visiting Monuments, as time was a constraint and had to reach Dharwad for the evening..
Few Pics of Virupaksha Temple






Ruins of the Past






















Body Balance






Pics from Courtesans Street






Pics from top of Matunga Hills











Ugra Narasimha Statue(one of my Fav in Hampi)


Lotus Mahal




Few Pics from Vijaya Vittala Temple





The Musical Pillars















After Lunch Started for Dharwad . To my surprise the Koppal road was beautiful to be ridden with not much traffic. Few pics from te stretch :







Reached Dharwad for the night, was blessed with a good amount of rain to cool both the man and the machine. Soon after the wedding the next day, left for Bangalore clocking apppx 1300kms in the process.

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Great going,,, very beautiful clicks. Keep'em coming.
When did you do this???, it started pouring recently and needless to say it is ruining the shortest of my rides includin' the one to office.

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Sexual discrimination..Right,like men and women has lot in common :P..And Hampi in this much heat :O
Lovely captures Phani bhai,Sunset wala taseveer ati uttam tha.

Cheers
Biru

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Lovely ride & pics Phani...

do this part of world in every summer, it will help you to get slimmer

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Thanks Buddy This ride was done from May 24-26.

Thanks Biru Hampi was cooler, compared to Mantralayam The sexual Discrimination was for OPen air and "infrastructure"