Hampi
Hampe also known as Hampi is a city in the Vijayanagara district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Located along the Tungabhadra River in the eastern and central parts of the state, Hampi is near the city of Hospet.- Type: Locality with 10,000 residents
- Description: town in India
- Also known as: “Vijayanagara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Virupaksha Temple and Matanga Hill.
Virupaksha Temple
Hindu temple
The Virūpaksha Temple is located in Hampi in the Vijayanagara district of Karnataka, India, situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. Built in the 7th-century, it is dedicated to Virupaksha, a form of Shiva.
Matanga Hill
Peak
Matanga Hill, also known as Rishyamuka Parvata, is a rocky hill in the Matanga hill range, Hampi, Karnataka, southern India. The hill is supposedly a holy land from the Hindu Ramayana epic.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hampi.
Hampi
Hampi, in the state of Karnataka, India, is the site of the once-magnificent capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site.Hampi
- Category: town
- Location: Hospet, Vijayanagara district, Karnataka, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
15.3352° or 15° 20′ 7″ north
Longitude
76.4603° or 76° 27′ 37″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
428 metres (1,404 feet)
Open location code
7J7R8FP6+34
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Hampi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “هامبي”
- Assamese: “হাম্পি”
- Asturian: “Hampi”
- Bengali: “হাম্পি”
- Bulgarian: “Хампи”
- Chinese: “亨比”
- French: “Hampi”
- Georgian: “ჰამპი”
- Gujarati: “હમ્પી”
- Hausa: “Hampi (birni)”
- Hausa: “Hampi”
- Hebrew: “האמפי”
- Hindi: “हम्पी”
- Japanese: “ハンピ”
- Kannada: “ಹಂಪೆ”
- Korean: “함피”
- Ladin: “Hampi”
- Lithuanian: “Hampis”
- Malayalam: “ഹംപി”
- Marathi: “हंपी”
- Nepali: “हम्पी”
- Newari: “हम्पी”
- Oriya: “ହାମ୍ପି”
- Persian: “هامپی”
- Portuguese: “Conjunto Monumental de Hampi”
- Russian: “Хампи”
- Sanskrit: “हम्पी”
- Serbian: “Хампи”
- Slovak: “Hampe”
- Tamil: “அம்பி”
- Tamil: “விஜயநகரம்”
- Tamil: “ஹம்பி”
- Telugu: “హంపి (పట్టణం)”
- Telugu: “హంపి”
- Ukrainian: “Хампі”
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