Hampi Meet Covered in Autocar Jan2008 Magazine!
Trip meter zero @ Home
L to R : Sunil, Renu and Nfsnfs having breakfast
Breakfast stop in NH4
Breakfast Stop in NH4, Prasanna walks past
All set to go!
L to R: Sunil, Lovejoshi and Nfsnfs in Reliance A1 Chitradurga Pitstop
Windmills seen in chitradurga
Buttbreak in NH13
Break in NH13, hard to find trees!
Tungabhadra Dam water seen in background on the way to Hospet
Backwaters of TB dam on the way to hospet
Nfsnfs too lazy to remove lid :P he hated stopping for breaks :P
Renu the poser :P
First view of Hampi bazaar street
Bikes in Hampi bazaar street
Stumbha near the Hampi bazaar street
Structures at the foothill
Giant Nandi at the foothill
Moon! too early na?
Full moon, it was almost sunset time
Slowly lights up
View of Virupaksha temple gopura from the hill
Mountains of rocks
Virupaksha temple Gopuram
Chamoli strikes the BN pose!
Nomads climbing the hill
Moon takes over from sun
Hanuman Temple atop the hill
Rocks and Rocks and more rocks!
Overwhelming mountains of rocks
Vittala Temple seen from atop the hill
Moon lit Hampi
Renu the poser half asleep :P
Blore Nomads meet up with Dr Arn and Dr prithvi
Chat session with Dr Arn and Dr Prithvi
Mumbai Pune Nomads arrive finally!
Mumbai Pune Nomads, few carnomads too :P
The Gang meets up with GR
Mayank, Prasad and Harshad, late night chatting :P
Vibhu talking to other nomads in Hotel
Navendu and Capt Nandu seen, Time to sleep, it's pretty late :P
Queen's bath
Queen's bath - Inside
Gauvav seen with bikes amidst ruins
The Victory tower
Nomads climbing stairs in Ruins
Victory Tower
Secret Tunnel / Chamber
Elephants with out trunks and heads
The Canal
Recently excavated
Kinda inverted piramid
Canal
Victory tower, the steps
View from victory tower, the canal can be seen
The foundations of erstwhile palaces and houses
Few depictions in Victory tower
Behind victory tower
Renu the poser:P
Me on top of victory tower
Huge Stone carved Doors
Hazaara rama temple
Nomads arrive in hazaararama temple
Stumba opposite to hazaararama temple
Aditya's P220 photoshoot :P
Now the celebrity bike :P
and the celebrity himself!
Hazaararama Temple, all heads cut
Only the torsos of sculptures are left
The stone pillars
Hazaararama Temple
Prasanna and Aditya @ Hazaararama Temple
Pillars inside Hazaararama Temple
Nfsnfs @ Hazaararama Temple
Walls depicting epics @ Hazaararama Temple
Bikes @ Hazaararama Temple (also one BN car :P)
Map inside Royal Enclosure
Watch tower and palace foundations
Watch tower and palace foundation
Lotus Mahal
Lotus Mahal - influence of islamic architecture hence not destroyed
Lotus mahal - Pillars
Lotus Mahal - Carvings in arches
Watch tower
HUGE WALL
HUGE WALL in Royal enclosure with watch tower
Elephant Stables - only the center one destroyed
Elephant stables
Nomads walking around elephant stables
The museum
Renu @ elephant stable
Me @ Elephant Stable
Chamoli @ Elephant stable
Chamoli and Renu
Underground Shiva Temple
Underground Shiva Temple - Water is always there, but no stench
Underground Shiva Temple - Water inside the temple
Chamoli @ Underground Shiva Temple
Underground Shiva Temple stairs
Zma near Sister Rocks - These two HUGE rocks are supporting eachother
Entrance to Hampi and Krishna temple, enter the time machine!
Ugranarasimha - Hands are gone, so are his wives seated on his thighs :(
Ugranarasimha
Ugranarasimha - The legs had fallen off too, ASI put them together with the cement pillar
Huge Shiva linga
Krishna Temple - Main Gopuram
Krishna Temple - Main Complex
Krishna Temple - Gopuram gone
Krishna Temple - Pillars
Krishna Temple - The half eaten gopuram
Krishna Temple - Half of it is destroyed
Krishna Temple - Still standing tall
Krishna Temple - Exactly half of it is gone
Krishna Temple - Main gopuram seen from inside
Krishna Temple - Couldn't get enough of it, this is the second most magnificient ruin for me.
Krishna Temple
Krishna Temple - Another gopuram, nothing there now
Krishna Temple - Main gopuram, my last salute to it
The Recent Excavations
More Excavations
The Kadaleykaalu ganesha
Huge Ganesha Statue
VIrupaksha Temple Gopuram seen
The Hampi Bazaar
Nomads looking at Hampi
The Entrance to this magical land
Virupaksha Temple Gopuram
Nomads all set to ride out in formation from hotel
The bikes line up @ Hotel
The Bikes line up @ Hotel
Nomads @ Hotel
Bikes line up @ hotel
Bikes line up @ Hotel with a BN lid
Vittala Temple - Most Magnificient ruin as per me @ Hampi
Vittala Temple - Main Gopuram
Nomads and Bikes lining up for Group pics @ Vittala Temple
Nomads and Bikes lining up Group pics @ Vittala Temple
Vittala Temple - Main gopuram bombed out
The line up starts @ Vittala Temple
Bikes lined up @ Vittala Temple
BIkes lined up @ Vittala Temple with BN spirit
One more view of Bikes lined up @ Vittala Temple
Bikes and cages @ Vittala Temple
BN Class of 2007 :P
BN Class of 2007 (one person added )
BN Class of 2007 (One more person added to pic)
BN Class of 2007 (sachin added to the pic)
Vittala Temple - outside
Vittala Temple
Vittala Temple - Main Complex
Vittala Temple - Seen from inside
Vittala Temple - The Stone Chariot
Vittala Temple - Musical Pillars
Vittala Temple - Ravaged by fanatics
Vittala Temple - Musical pillars, also supporting pillars put up by ASI
Vittala Temple - Main complex - Now closed
Vittala Temple - The tree describes the mood
Vittala Temple - Another gopuram
Vittala Temple - Sunset
Vittala Temple - Plundered
Vittala Temple - one more gopuram
Aditya @ Vittala Temple
Vittala Temple - My second most favourite angle
Vittala Temple - Musical pillars
Vittala Temple - Gopuram
Renu Poses sadly @ Vittala Temple
Vittala Temple - Renu's shot
Me, shot by renu @ Vittala Temple
Vittala Temple - will they survive for few more years?
Me and prasanna walking @ Vittala Temple
Vittala Temple - Stone chariot and the Gopuram
Vittala Temple - Stone Chariot and Gopuram, My Favourite Angle
Vittala Temple - Roof carvings
Vittala Temple - Main complex closed, it's falling apart and ASI is trying to restore it
Vittala Temple - Stone Chariot
Vittala Temple - This haunts me
Vittala Temple - The haunting image
Vittala Temple - My last salute
Puradara dasa Mantapa
Nomads @ Purandaradasa Mantapa riverside
and the water flows
Washing away the remains bit by bit
Darkness decends on hampi - Virupaksha temple gopuram seen
Sunsets over Hampi
Moon takes over this Magical Land
Sachin lost in his thoughts on my zma as hampi sinks in to darkness
Discussion Session - Venkat
Discussion Session - Love joshi (eating or talking ? :P)
Discussion Session - Lovejoshi and one of my 2 KF :P
Discussion Session - Chamoli being grilled :P
Discussion Session - Now Harshad's turn
Discussion Session - Navendu the official BN Videographer :P
Discussion Session - Mayank
Discussion Session
Discussion Session - Nehal Shah
Discussion Session - Prasad in his usual jovial mood :P
Discussion Session - Gautam Sharma
Discussion Session - Aditya and Venkat
Discussion Session - Sachin makes a point
Discussion Session - Venkat listens
Discussion Session - Dr Prithvi makes a point
Discussion Session - Flyin aka prasanna
Discussion Session - Dr Arnob Gupta
Discussion Session - Dr Arn makes a point
Discussion Session - Dr Arn
Discussion Session - Sameer
Discussion Session - Arpan
Discussion Session - The Legendary GR :P
Discussion Session - Navendu busy with Video while Vibhu looks on
Discussion Session - Venkat introduces Sachin
Discussion Session - Navendu's turn with harshad looking
Discussion Session - Ah, it's almost time for dinner :P
Discussion Session - Capt Nandu chitnis - The ageless Biker + 2Kf :P
Discussion Session - The celebrity of the night :P Love Joshi makes an animated point :P
Bangalore bound bikes line up at hotel
Bangalore nomads bikes all set to leave Hampi @ Hotel
Sachin was Scooter nomad in hospet :P Lovejoshi talking
TB DAM old bridge
View of TB Dam from old bridge
View of NH13 with Trucks, it was traffic jam!
TB Dam, the old bridge
Sachin the scooter nomads with our bikes :P at TB Dam
TB Dam water - Looks like sea!
Trusty Zma in TB Dam
Another pic of Zma in TB Dam
Praveen T on his unicorn in TB Dam
Ashu and Pillion on Thunderbird in TB Dam
Lovejoshi Couple on their Thunderbird in TB Dam
Renu and his steed in TB Dam
One more pic of Renu (due to public demand :P)
BN Lid in TB Dam
Pitstop in NH13, Renu's Steed
Pitstop in NH13, Renu's steed
Pitstop in NH13, the Blr Junta
Zma in NH13 Pitstop
BN Lid with NH13 backdrop
Finally a pic of group with me in it! frm flyin's album :P
Tripmeter reads 727kms on reaching home. End of hampi ride :(
