Day 3
8/12/16
“Hop on a bicycle and explore Hampi on our own”
After spending two
days in this town, now it was time for us to begin the real journey. The mind
was unclear, had no idea about what it is going to be like but I was excited to
go. We had made a group and decided that we would see the rest of the places
that we haven’t seen in past two days. While going to the river in a bumpy auto
rickshaw ride we thought we would hire a bicycle and go around to see the
places. It would be fun as well as time saving. As per our plan we took
bicycles, had a map of Hampi and we started our adventure.
We took the way from the Narsimha temple, peddled and
peddled. We would stop at every interesting thing that we saw. That is because
we had decided not to do touristy things. We saw Chandikeshwar temple, isolated
and was no human to talk with. Then we saw an interesting structure which was
an underground Shiva temple, after that we had a long, tiring ride and reached
to the sister’s stone. Collected as many stories and information as we could
about those places.
Then we reached a
place that made us stunned at one place. Ruins of palace spread over the huge
area, beyond the human eye vision. We have to go there said all in union. It
was a magical place. Ruins can make you imagine the grandeur; ruins create mystery;
ruins can make you fall in love with that place.
Surprisingly, not a single person was seen in that place. So
we sat down and began sketching. From nowhere a man came to us and told us that
sketching is prohibited unless you have a permission from Archaeology Survey of
India( ASI department, Hampi). It was rather funny that we were allowed to take
photographs but not sketch. Anyhow, we were glad that we have found someone to
talk to. As we began a conversation, we came to know that he works for ASI and
has a lot of knowledge about Hampi. We had a long conversation with him and had
a bunch of information about the ruins and the history of that place.
We spotted a temple adjacent to the palace walls. The
compound walls of that temple were filled with interesting carvings. That
caught my attention because for the first time carvings were not simply motifs
or god figures but seemed as carvings of common people. And an idea for my
research topic struck in my head. Now I was desperate to know the meaning of
those carvings. Also sketching was important part in our expedition so I had
decided that tomorrow I am going to ASI department in Kamalapura, village located
4 km away from Hampi and get a
permission and person who would help me for the research.
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