Day 5
10/12/16
Not every day is a perfect one!
Sometimes when you are in a group, everybody has his own
opinion about things and has an action plan to work out. But when these
opinions clash and differ from each other, adjustment and sensible behavior is
a must. In a group of intellect people quarrels, arguments are bound to be
happen. This day something like that happened and ruined my morning. So in the
morning time, I practically could not do anything. But you have to keep at it.
So I decided to go with my plan in the second half.
Ali came to help
As I had planned I went to Hajarirama temple to meet the
person from ASI department. He was a knowledgeable person and took out time
from his busy schedule just to provide his help. That day I felt that I have understood
that temple, palace, and the ruins completely. I wanted to know the meaning of
the carvings, the stories of common people of that time, and I got everything.
Apart from that he shared his own opinions about the place and whether really
it was destroyed by the Muslims? His contention made us belief in what he was saying.
The 40 minutes of the conversation that took us back into those times were
involving. After that we saw other places such as queen’s bath, Lotus mahal,
Elephant stable, Zanana enclosure etc. These structures were built in
Indo-Islamic architecture showing the harmony between these two cultures.
Mr. Ali
Carvings Hajarirama Temple
A bold figure of a women hunting
The intersection of the heads od a bull and an elephants
shows the healthy relation between vaishnavaits and shivaits.
A madari ( monkey charmer)
Hampi festival elephant processions.
Arab and the King having a conversation
Celebration of Holi(color)festival.
Trade of horses and the khsatriya ( warriors)
The Concert in Hampi!
Indeed a break from whatever we were doing for past few
days. A musical concert was arranged in Hampi by government and social
activists. It was a great concert and for the first time I got to hear the
musician, singer Prem Joshua live! The allurement of Hampi was seen even more
in the night. The shrine of the temple was lit and seemed as if it is made out
of the gold.
Although it was a great concert, my friend and I took a
detour and went back to the Virupaksha temple. That beauty of that structure
enhanced more in the night! The reason
for going there was an interesting person, the shoe keeper of the temple. His
name was Siddhesh. We were totally surprised when he started talking fluently
in English. He had a job in a factory in Bangalore but fate made him come back
to his native town. He met with an accident which is why he had to leave the
job and whatever money he had earned over the years were gone in his treatment.
So he took the job as a shoe keeper in the temple and now he has find his
solace within the walls of the scared temple. He knew the stories of Hampi in
his own perspective and was happy to share with us. That day I realized that if
you really look carefully around you, even the simplest people can teach you
greatest things.
The Concert
Mr. Siddhesh