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.

The Rocks Remember: Exploring Karnataka's Prehistoric Landscapes

Published on: 20/07/2026 | Contributors: Preanka Roy & Vikram Nanjappa

The history of Karnataka extends far beyond the boundaries of the Vijayanagara Empire. While most tourists come for the towering gopurams, sprawling temple complexes and wildlife, some stay on to explore the seemingly barren boulder-balanced landscapes. I opted for an off beat trail this time and found myself chasing something far older than palace ruins — something as old as the land itself.

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The Unhurried Hampi

Published on: 13/06/2026 | Contributors: Gowri Subramanya

There is a way of seeing Hampi, especially if it is your first visit and no one has told you that this is unlike any other tourist destination. It begins with a checklist and is, in its own way, a perfectly good way to spend a day. But it is not the only way, nor perhaps the truest. Hampi does not surrender itself to a checklist. Its celebrated monuments are merely the most familiar voices in a conversation that unfolds across the landscape, all the time, in a much quieter register. To hear the rest of the story, you have to walk.

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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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