Located beside the twisting Tungabhadra River stand the evocative ruins and timeworn temples of Hampi. Once the formidable capital of South India's 14th century Vijayanagara Empire, today it ...

About 353 km from Bangalore, the historic heritage hamlet of Hampi is situated on the banks of the Tungabhadra River. Hampi sightseeing includes loads of temples and old ruined structures.

Only Tungabhadra has not, the writer concluded ... the Arabs were replaced by the Portuguese who had taken over the maritime trade in the Indian Ocean. Here the local goddess Pampa of the river — ...