The most memorable journey in my life has been\nmy visit to Hampi, also called the Group of Monuments at Hampi which is a\nUNESCO World Heritage Site located in east-central Karnataka. I visited along\nwith my parents and neighbours for just one day when I was studying in the\neighth standard. My joy knew no bounds\nas this was the first new place I was going to visit other than my\ngrandparents\u2019 town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We prepared a complete schedule of our trip ten\ndays in advance which included the arrangements for food, means of travel,\nbudget and so on. My excitement to visit a new place of historical importance\nincreased day by day. Finally, the day\nof visit arrived and I woke up at 5 a.m. for the first time in my\nlife. We travelled Hampi by train. I was\nconstantly peeping out of the window of the train\nuntil we finally arrived at the Hospet station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We hired a taxi to see all the places of\nhistorical importance in Hampi. This\nmarked the beginning of our journey. At\nfirst, we visited the largest monolithic Siva Linga and Yoga Narasimha avatar\nof Vishnu. The Siva Linga stands in\nwater in a cubical chamber with a majestic look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After this, we quickly moved towards the\nVirupaksha temple, considered as the oldest temple in Hampi. It is the\nprincipal destination for pilgrims and tourists, that remains an active Hindu\nworship site. Parts of the Shiva Pamapa\nand Durga temples existed in the 11th century, which was extended during the\nVijayanagara era. The temple is a coalition of smaller temples, a regularly\nrepainted, 50-metre high gopuram with a Nandi shining on the eastern end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then we visited the Vittala temple in Hampi\nfamously known as the musical pillars temple. \nThis is an ancient monument that is well known for its exceptional\narchitecture and unmatched craftsmanship. \nIt is considered to be one of the largest and the most famous structures\nin Hampi located near the banks of the Tungabhadra River. It has 56 musical pillars also known as the\n\u2018SaReGaMa Pillars\u2019. These pillars produce musical tones when struck with a\nthumb and sound like bells ringing. They were constructed out of huge pieces of\na single resonant stone. Often Hampi is\nrepresented by the chariot present in this temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally we visited the most significant\nTungabhadra Dam constructed across the Tungabhadra River. It is a multi-purpose dam serving irrigation,\nelectricity generation, flood control, etc. \nThis was a joint project of erstwhile Hyderabad state and erstwhile\nMadras Presidency when the construction was started; later it became a joint\nproject of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh States after its completion in 1953.\n\nTungbhadra Dam is one of the most significant tourist places in\nKarnataka because of its rich flora and fauna. We saw some of the animals kept\nthere. The scenic beauty of trees, plants and bushes always flashes in my\nmind whenever I remember Hospet. In this\nway, my trip to Hampi and Tungbhadra dam turned out to be the most memorable\none.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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