At the Matanga Hill Temple after my "blessing"

Hampi

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April 4th 2007
My train arrives at Hospet at 8am and rickshaw drivers accost us immediately on our arrival. I choose a driver who takes me to Hampi for 120 rupees. He offers his friends guesthouse, which looks OK in the LP, so I agree and take a room near Hampi bazaar. Hampi is a village in the old city of Vijayangar, which was founded in 1350 and was the capital of a huge empire controlling the regional spi ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more