Sunset over Tungabhadra River with a person on rocks.

Hampi. A mythical landscape scattered with huge granite boulders balanced precariously on each other and held together by mythology and history. Bisected by the Tungabhadra and ancient irrigation canals that create a sliver of blue and green across the rugged terrain, this is a land imbued with the presence of gods, goddesses, and heroes. Spread across this are the ruins of a magnificent city once described as the best-provided city in the world.

In this Blog on Hampi, we dive back into its history and mythology to bring you fascinating tales and anecdotes from South India’s largest, wealthiest, and most powerful kingdom. While excavating and sifting through the sands of time, we invite you to share with us your experiences of this surreal realm.

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A Meditation on the Yalis of Hampe

Published on: 18/05/2026 | Contributors: Sourabha Rao & Alok Ranjan

There are creatures you never encounter in the wild, and yet you feel you have seen them more intimately than any fleeting glimpse of fur or feather in a forest. You meet them in stone, sculpted into perplexing proportions that challenge our perceptions of anatomical possibilities and taxonomies. In Hampe, you find them emerging from pillars, caught as if in mid-motion, forever about to leap or bite or coil or unfurl. The Yalis. Or Vyalas or Shardulas as they are also referred to as. That is what we call them, but we seem to know so little about them.

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Heritage in motion: Anegundi’s Sri Ranganathaswamy Rathotsav

Published on: 24/04/2026 | Contributors: Preanka Roy & Vikram Nanjappa

Drummers, dancers, conch players, bells swinging wildly in the background and the breeze picking up the rhythm - oh what a scene! Anegundi’s Rathotsav is a vibrant temple chariot festival dedicated to Lord Ranganatha. Celebrated with great fervour, the festival marks the ceremonial procession of the deity’s idol through the village on a grand wooden chariot, symbolising the Lord’s presence among his devotees.

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The Architect’s Camera

Published on: 23/03/2026 | Contributors: Gowri Subramanya

The word camera comes from the Latin for room. The earliest idea of an image-capturing device did not involve glass or a portable mechanical device you could fit in your pocket. The earliest experiments with reproducing an image involved just a darkened room, a small hole in one wall, and the outside world appearing inverted on the wall opposite. Camera obscura. Dark room. That’s where it all begins.

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