The Virupaksha Temple in Hampi, Karnataka, blends spirituality with a surprising scientific element. This ancient temple ...

The Unesco heritage structure at Hampi is one of three in South India that has been chosen for restoration work after the 500-year-old gopuram of the ancient temple of Kalahasti collapsed.

Particularly depressing, however, is the condition of the 473-year-old Pattabhirama temple, one of the major attractions. Built in 1540, the structure looks utterly neglected with grass and plants ...

I visited Hampi, once the capital of the Vijayanagara empire, recently. I alighted at the Hospet railway station after having a darshan at the Lepakshi Temple.

From royal elephant stables to singing stone pillars, the architectural wonders of Hampi have enchanted travelers for millennia.

Temples aren’t just places where people go to pray. Many of them hold stories – about culture, craftsmanship, and how people ...

The Virupaksha temple is the only one in Hampi that is in use even to this day. Its nine-storied gopuram stands out from all the other monuments and parts of the temple predate the Vijayanagara ...

A stepwell from Gujarat; a Dravidian style temple gopuram at Virupaksha temple; an Incan ziggurat-like platform which is known as the Mahanavami Dibba; watchtowers and free-standing mandapas, and ...