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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Ilkal: Handlooms Rooted in Heritage

Published on: 22/01/2026 | Contributors: Rashmi Gopal Rao

A reflection of our rich heritage, Indian hand-woven textiles have been in existence since time immemorial. With almost every state home to a unique kind of handloom craft, handlooms are indeed a rich legacy of India. Ilkal located in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, a hundred kilometres from Hampi, is one such city that is home to the eponymous Ilkal sarees.

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Anegundi’s quiet empire of women: the banana-fibre story

Published on: 15/12/2025 | Contributors: Sourabha Rao

Heritage does not remain confined to the relics of the past in Hampe and Anegundi. Across the boulder-strewn horizons of these ancient towns in Karnataka where time scatters itself among granite crags, river bends and temple shadows, more stories bear the same grace as the river that nourished an empire of the past. In Anegundi, heritage today also means an alive story of women who transform the simplest gifts of nature into objects of elegance and purpose.

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Lizards of Hampi: Watchers between Worlds

Published on: 27/11/2025 | Contributors: Preanka Roy & Alok Ranjan

Colossal boulders, rocky landscapes and monumental temples - welcome to the ancient capital of the Vijayanagara kingdom, Hampi. It was almost as grand as I had expected it to be. But something smaller and more enchanting caught my eye - the lizards! Not only the monitors and agamids but also the geckos; they darted up and across the grey granite walls of the shrines that they called home. Initially I had discarded their presence as “ordinary” but the more I explored the local communities the more it became evident that in Hampi even the tiniest beings carry stories older than time.

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