·         Includes:

·         1. Transfers &  sightseeing by private car

·         2. Vehicle, Toll fee, parking fee, driver allowance.

·         3.Transport for deluxe, Luxury – Ac vehicles and For Standard packages – Non Ac Vehicle will be provided

·         4. Resort room will be on twin sharing basis (extra bed will be provided on triple sharing)

 Excludes:

1.       Temple, Monuments entry fee, Guide charges  

2.       Any other food and beverages

3.       Child – without bed

4.       Resort Tax @20.06%

Hampi: (Hampe) is a village northern Karnataka, India. The name hampi can also mean”champion”. It is located within the ruins of the city of Vijayanagara, the farmer capital   of the Vijayanagara Empire. Predating the city of Vijayanagara, it continues to be an important religious centre, housing the Virupaksha Temple, as well as several other monuments belonging to the old city. The ruins are a UNESCO world heritage site, listed as the Group of monuments at Hampi. According to statistics of 2014, Hampi is the most searched historical place in Karnataka on Google. In around 1500 AD Hampi had about 500,000 inhabitants (Supporting 0.1% the global population during 1440-1540), making it the second largest city in the world after Peking-Beijing and almost thrice the size of paris.

History: The emperor Ashoka’s minor rock edicts in Nittur & Udegolan (both in bellary district) lead one to believe that region was within the Ashokan kingdom during the 3^rd century BCE. A Brahmi inscription & a terracotta seal dating to the 2^nd century CEwere also discovered from the excavation site.

The first historical settlements in Hampi date back to 1 CE.

Immediately before the rise of the Vijayanagara Kings, the region was probably in the hands of chiefs of Kampili, now a small town, 19km east of Hampi.

Hampi formed one of the core areas of the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1343 to 1565, when it was family finally laid siege to by the Deccan Muslim confederacy. Hampi was chosen because its strategic location bounded by the torrential Tungabhadra River on one side and surrounded by defensible hills on the three sides.

The site is significant historically and architecturally. The topography abounds with large stones which have been used to make statues of Hindu deities. The Archaeological Survey of Indian continues to conduct excavation in the area, to discover additional artifacts and temples.

Islamic Quarter also some tome called, as the Moorish Quarter is located between the northern slope of the Malyavanta hill towards and the Talarigatta Gate. According to the archaeologists, high-ranking Muslim officers of the king’s court and the military officers stayed in the area.

Architecture:

The city Vijayanagara was originally encompassed by seven lines of fortifications. These fortifications had large number of bastions and gateways. The seventh & the innermost fortification guest enclosed the main city & it’s the best preserved. The extant monuments of Vijayanagara or Hampi can be divided into Religious, Civil & Military buildings. While most of the monuments at Hampi are from the Vijayanagara period, a small proportion may be assigned to pre- Vijayanagara times. The Jain Temple on Hemakuta hill, the two Devi shrines & some other structures in the Virupaksha Temple complex predate the Vijayanagara Empire. The earliest amongst them, the Shaiva shrines with their stepped pyramidal vimanas or superstructures, date to the early Chalukyan period around 9^th & 10^th century AD.

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·         All disputes shall be subject to jurisdiction of courts at Bagalkot

·         Per person rates (in Rs) - Applicable on 3 persons staying together sharing the same room

·         above mentioned child charges is without bed

·         Cancellation policy: cancelled before 7 days - 50% and before 3 days - 30% refund if paid full Bill amount