DAY 3 AT HAMPI: SUNDAY, FEB. 12TH

 Day three was the most remarkable: A visit to the main temple site of Hampi. It is a very ancient city, close to 2000 years old, with many of the structures remarkably intact. It is quite a famous place in India...I had never heard of it before, and despite the arduous journey to get here, I was SO glad that I did!!!  The inhabitants were very deeply religious... as such, many temples were clustered together at the city's heart, since EVERY deity had to be honored with his/her own temple!! (And, as you may know, there are hundreds of them in Hinduism! remarkable!!) 






















We have a picnic lunch inside one of the largest, main temples...odd, to be sure, but such things are done here! 




I am always awed and fascinated by the spectacular pillars in these old temples, generally carved from a single block of stone! Cannot even imagine how hard that must be, or how long it must take to do!!!



Selfie with a cute little boy who was fascinated by our temple picnic!




moving on, to walk along a beautiful, rock-lined river near the ancient city...


I don't know how many dozens of temples we visited on this day, but it was a heckova lot!!!


Our Swami, taking a bit of repose in the massive banyon tree! 

Ancient marketplace...remarkable!!!


The lovely Alena gathers flower blossoms from the tree above... 

Of course I do not know what kind of tree, but I love its blossoms too!!!

Very ancient Ganesh... sooo huge!!!















Bath for the royalty!

A long day of temple touring ends with another glorious sunset... 



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