I recently visited Hampi i.e. Vijayanagar, the capital of the Vijayanagar Kingdom, one of the last great Empires in South India. The ruins of the city are located in Bellary district, Karnataka. This is my story. Before I begin, I do realize that most of you would happily swallow a cyanide pill than read a History passage. In my defense, I’d like to say that it’s concise with a few sprinkles of those dreaded dates, the rest is about the time I spent there exploring this must see place. Give it a shot, read it in its entirety, form a mental picture and then check out the snaps, check how far or close you were. Being a keen student of History, I’d always been awed by whatever I read about Hampi and the glorious kingdom and
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