History of Hampi

Hampi is a small town that is spread across 24 sq km of area, in ancient times Hampi was believed to be the kingdom of monkeys, at that time that kingdom was named as Kishkindha. There were two monkey kings of this kingdom named as Bali and Sugreve, both of them were brothers. Kishkindha was also mentioned in the holy book of hindus, the ramayana.

The Plan

It was a friday night and since me and my friends work in an IT company, we only had two days left on our calendar, so we all decided to visit Hampi. In the night we discussed to pack our bags and be ready to leave early in the morning.

The Vehicle

Since we were nine friends, so we needed two cars, but we only had one car available, so we booken a rental car SUV from zoom

The Saturday morning

We picked up the car from zoom at 4 AM and picked up everyone from their homes and left Hyderabad exactly at 5 AM.

The Journey

It was mid September and due to morning for and low light we were facing difficulty in driving, we decided to take it slow till the sunlight comes. It was a straight highway of 200 KM, it hardly took me 2 hours to cover that in one go.

The restaurant

After a continuous journey of two hours, we decided to take a break and have some breakfast, on the way we halted at a restaurant and had a tea and omelette and after a refreshment of 20 minutes we were on road again, this time switching the drivers in both cars.

The scenic view started

After a journey of 30 KM we crossed the Karnataka border and the mountains started to show up, we all got excited and started to click the pictures, it was so beautiful and so green, it was something we don't usually get to see in our corporate offices. We were all enjoying the Journey and as the time passed our destination arrived, The Hampi.

The Hampi

Hampi is a small town of karnataka, it was a very less developed area, with no proper roads, no phone signals and no electricity but there was greenery, there was mind peace. It was so soul calming, a perfect place for a getaway for two days. Hampi is like mini Kasol of karnataka.

#The Stay
We already had our rooms booked in a cafe cum hotel, we parked our cars in the parking and went straight to the cafe to have some food. We stayed in our rooms for one hour and than we went to the historical ruins of Hampi.

The Ruins

The ruins of hampi are is the paradise for photographers. Tourist come from all over the world to visit these ruins and calm their mind. After a little sight seeing we went back to our hotel and slept for the night.

#The Anjanhalli Hills
The next morning we all were excited to see the sunrise, all of us woke up at 5 AM and went straight to the Anjanhalli hills to see the sun rising from the mountains, the hills were only 5 minutes distance from the hotel.
It was so called at that time of morning, specially in the morning. We all were admiring the scenic down valley and waited for the sunrise. Then finally sun came out and it was kind of ren and violet in the color and only at this time you could have a look at the sun with your bare eyes. It was so beautiful, nobody was talking to anyone, everybody were busy in their own minds, finding peace.