Hampi - Badami - Aihole - 5 AtmaLinga Temples

Day 1: Start at 8 AM from Hubli - Travel to Hampi & Sightseeing
Queen's Bath
Mahanavami Dibba / Dasara Dibba
Stepped Tank
Royal Enclosure
King's Audience Hall / Durbar Hall
Hazara Rama Temple
Vira Harihara Palace
Lotus Mahal
Zenana Enclosure
Elephant Stables
Day 2: Start at 9 AM - Hampi Sightseeing
Ugra Narasimha / Lakshmi Narasimha Statue
Sri Krishna Temple / Bala Krishna Temple
Kadalekalu Ganesha Temple
Virupaksha Temple
Hemakuta Hill Temple Complex
Hampi Bazaar
Vittala Temple / Vijaya Vittala Temple
Day 3: Start at 9 AM - Aihole & Pattadakal Sightseeing & Travel to Badami
Aihole Sightseeing (Durga Temple / Fort Temple Complex, Ambigera Gudi Complex, Jyotirlinga Temple Complex, Ravanaphadi Cave Temple, Mallikarjuna Temple Complex, Meguti Jain Temple)
Pattadakal Sightseeing (Kadasiddeshwara Temple, Galaganatha Temple, Jambulinga Temple, Sangameshwara Temple, Virupaksha Temple, Mallikarjuna Temple, Kashi Vishwanatha Temple, Papanatha Temple)
Day 4: Start at 9 AM - Badami Sightseeing & Travel to Hubli
Badami Cave Temples
Agasthya Lake
Archaeological Museum
Mallikarjuna Temples
Boothanatha Temple

The Hazara Rama temple
referred to as the Ramachandra temple in inscriptions, occupied the western part of the urban core in the royal centre section of Hampi. This temple was dedicated to Rama of the Ramayana fame, and an avatar of Vishnu. It was the ceremonial temple for the royal family. The temple is dated to the early 15th century and is attributed to Devaraya I.The temple's outer walls portray the Hindu Mahanavami (Dasara) and the spring Holi festival procession and celebrations in parallel bands of artwork. The lowest band shows marching elephants, above it are horses led by horsemen, then soldiers celebrated by the public, then dancers and musicians, with a top layer depicting a boisterous procession of the general public. The depiction mirrors the description of festivals and processions in surviving memoirs of Persians and Portuguese who visited the Vijayanagara capital.Outer walls of the Hazara Rama temple show Hindu festive procession; Right: Jain tirthankar relief inside the temple.
The inner walls of the temple has friezes containing the most extensive narration of the Hindu epic Ramayana.

The Virupaksha temple
the oldest shrine, the principal destination for pilgrims and tourists, and remains an active Hindu worship site.Parts of the Shiva, Pampa and Durga temples existed in the 11th-century; it was extended during the Vijayanagara era. The temple is a collection of smaller temples, a regularly repainted, 50-metre (160 ft) high gopuram, a Hindu monastery dedicated to Vidyaranya of Advaita Vedanta tradition, a water tank (Manmatha), a community kitchen, other monuments and a 750 metres (2,460 ft)-long ruined stone market with a monolithic Nandi shrine on the east end.The temple faces eastwards, aligning the sanctums of the Shiva and Pampa Devi temples to the sunrise; a large gopuram marks its entrance. The superstructure is a pyramidal tower with pilastered storeys on each of which is artwork including erotic sculptures.The gopuram leads into a rectangular court that ends in another, smaller gopuram dated to 1510 CE. To its south side is a 100-column hall with Hindu-related reliefs on all four sides of each pillar.[59] Connected to this public hall is a community kitchen, a feature found in other major Hampi temples. A channel is cut into the rock to deliver water to the kitchen and the feeding hall. The courtyard after the small gopuram has dipa-stambha (lamp pillar) and Nandi.

Lotus Mahal or Chitrangini Mahal
is an important secular structure in Hampi, India. The Lotus Mahal is an example of Vijayanagara style of architecture and is a two storied structure built in Rubble masonry and finely plastered. The structure was used as residue place for royal family of the Vijayanagara Empire.Lotus Mahal literally means " Palace of Lotus". This structure was made for the Royal family of the Vijayanagara Empire. The palace stands around a walled compound near the Royal centre. The structure is laid out symmetrically with equal projections on four sides. The dome gives an illustration of an open lotus bud. The curves of the palace are inspired by the Islamic architecture and protect the palace from harsh weather conditions. It has two storeys, both with arched openings in multiple planes surrounded by elaborate plaster designs. It has total of eight pyramidal towers over the corners and one big tower in the middle of the structure and is supported by 24 pillars. The pyramidal tower is influenced by Indian Architecture.The pillars are decorated with stone carved aquatic animals, plants etc.
The palace is built by bricks and Mortar (masonry).The ground floor is raised on a high ornamental stone basement with doubled recessed angles.

Hampi Bazaar
is a unique attraction of Hampi. Located in front of the Virupaksha Temple, the Hampi Bazaar is a well-known market place that spreads for more than one kilometer. The road passing through the market has series of old pavilions on both sides.The place used to be a thriving market during the days of the Vijayanagara Empire. Though the market has lost much of its sheen and significance, it is still popular among the tourists.The Hampi Bazaar was once the centre of flourishing trade. It was a well-planned market area. The series of pavilions had an organized structure. Some of the pavilions were two stories. It also had the residences of many rich and important people of that era. It was a market that catered to the demands of the rich people as well as the general masses.Today what remains at Hampi Bazaar is just a shadow of its glorious past.The Hampi Bazaar is also known as the Virupaksha Bazaar. The Hampi Bazaar still functions as a market place, though it is no longer as attractive as it was in the bygone era.

The Badami cave temples
These are a complex of Hindu and Jain cave temples located in Badami, a town in the Bagalkot district in northern part of Karnataka, India. The caves are important examples of Indian rock-cut architecture, especially Badami Chalukya architecture, and the earliest date from the 6th century. Badami is a modern name and was previously known as Vataapinagara, the capital of the early Chalukya dynasty, which ruled much of Karnataka from the 6th to the 8th century. Badami is situated on the west bank of a man-made lake ringed by an earthen wall with stone steps; it is surrounded on the north and south by forts built in later times.The temples represent some of the earliest known examples of Hindu temples in the Deccan region. They along with the temples in Aihole transformed the Mallaprabha River valley into a cradle of temple architecture that influenced the components of later Hindu temples elsewhere in India.
Caves 1 to 4 are in the escarpment of the hill in soft Badami sandstone formation, to the south-east of the town. In Cave 1, among various sculptures of Hindu divinities and themes, a prominent carving is of the Tandava-dancing Shiva as Nataraja. Cave 2 is mostly similar to Cave 1 in terms of its layout and dimensions, featuring Hindu subjects of which the relief of Vishnu as Trivikrama is the largest. The largest cave is Cave 3, featuring Vishnu-relate, and it is also the most intricately carved cave in the complex. Cave 4 is dedicated to revered figures of Jainism. Around the lake, Badami has additional caves of which one may be a Buddhist cave. Another cave was discovered in 2015, about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the four main caves, with 27 Hindu carvings.

Agastya Lake
Located on the outskirts of the city, the enormous Agastya Lake lies below the cave temples. It is said to have been formed in the 5th century and many believe that its water has curative properties. The lake is considered holy and devotees take a dip in its waters to wash away their sins. The cave temples lie on the south-west side of the lake, with the popular Bhoothanatha Temple stationed on its eastern bank. The last cave of the temples faces the serene vistas of the lake. One can sit on the rocks of the temple and enjoy a beautiful view of the sun setting beyond the lake.Legend has it that when the Chalukyas ruled the region around Badami, the capital of their kingdom, Vatapi, was carved out of stone and spread around the ravine of the Agastya Lake. It is said that the lake has been named after sage Agastya of the epic Ramayana.

The Bhutanatha group of temples
are 7th to 12th century Hindu temples to the east of Agastya lake in Badami, Karnataka state, India. It consists of two subgroups – one called the East Bhutanatha group or Bhutanatha main group from 7th to 8th-century mostly in the Dravida architecture style; the other called the North Bhutanatha group or Mallikarjuna group from 11th to 12th-century mostly in the Nagara architecture.The former illustrates the Badami Chalukya architects, the latter along with the nearby Yellamma temple the Kalyani Chalukya architects.The main group (700–725 CE) is the older set of Hindu shrines to the east of the Agastya Teertha. The oldest temple in this group is the main large temple. It has a gudha-mandapa with four massive central pillars (partly octagonal, cubical and rounded on a lathe). This mandapa connects to a smaller square-plan sanctum with a Shiva linga. On the top of the sanctum is the Dravida-style tritala superstructure (three storeys). The lower part consists of a padabandha and kumbha. The vimana walls has karnas with Brahmakanta-style pilasters. The wall's nasis depict heads of kinnaras and gandharvas. The second storey of the superstructure repeats the lowest larger storey, and the third storey is half of the second in size, and again repeats the same elements in a rhythmic form. A square vedi topped with a short shikhara completes the superstructure.

Inclusions:
 1N stay at Jog falls , 1N at Udupi, 1N at Gokarna on a twin-sharing basis.                                                                          • All Hotels/Resorts 3* and above.
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• Places of Visit and transport by AC Sedan/Innova/Tempo Traveller depending on the group size.
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• English and Hindi speaking drivers expert in taking care of Guests
• Transfer to and from Hubli Station.( only for fixed date tour Ex-Hyderabad)
• Tour conducted in association with Karnataka tourism.
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Queen’s Bath
Ravana Phadi
Lotus Mahal
Ambigera Gudi Complex
Hemakuta Hill Temple Complex
Virupaksha Temple
Vijaya Vittala Temple
Meguti Jain Tempel

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