Hampi

Hampi, in the state of , , is the site of the once-magnificent capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. The ruins are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Type: Village with 2,780 residents
  • Description: ancient and medieval monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India
  • Also known as: “Bhaskara-kshetra”, “Group of Monuments at Hampi”, “Hampe”, “Hampi Group of Monuments”, “Hampi group of monuments (except those under ASI)”, “Kishkindha-kshetra”, “Pampa-kshetra”, and “Vijayanagara ruins”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Virupaksha Temple and Matanga Hill.

Hindu temple
Photo: Amitabho58, CC BY 4.0.
The Virūpaksha Temple is located in in the of , , situated on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. Built in the 7th-century, it is dedicated to Virupaksha, a form of Shiva.

Peak
, also known as Rishyamuka Parvata, is a rocky hill in the range, , , southern . The hill is supposedly a holy land from the Hindu Ramayana epic.

Museum
Photo: Ms Sarah Welch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Hampi

Latitude
15.3333° or 15° 20′ north
Longitude
76.4667° or 76° 28′ east
Population
2,780
Open location code
7J7R8FM8+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 345110048
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q26732
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Hampi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هامبي”
  • Assamese: “হাম্পি”
  • Asturian: “Hampi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hampi”
  • Basque: “Hampi”
  • Bavarian: “Hampi”
  • Bengali: “হাম্পি”
  • Bhojpuri: “हंपी स्मारक समूह”
  • Bhojpuri: “हंपी”
  • Bhojpuri: “हम्पी”
  • Bulgarian: “Хампи”
  • Burmese: “ဟမ်ပီ”
  • Catalan: “Hampi”
  • Cebuano: “Hampi”
  • Chinese: “Hampi”
  • Chinese: “亨比”
  • Croatian: “Hampi”
  • Czech: “Hampi”
  • Danish: “Hampi”
  • Dutch: “Hampi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هامبى”
  • Finnish: “Hampi”
  • French: “ensemble monumental de Hampi”
  • French: “Ensemble monumental de Hampi”
  • French: “Hampi”
  • Georgian: “ჰამპი”
  • German: “Hampi”
  • German: “Vijayanagar”
  • Gujarati: “હમ્પી”
  • Hausa: “Hampi”
  • Hebrew: “האמפי”
  • Hebrew: “המונומנטים בהאמפי”
  • Hindi: “किष्किन्धा-क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “पंपा-क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “भास्कर-क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “विजयनगर खंडहर”
  • Hindi: “हम्पी स्मारकों का समूह”
  • Hindi: “हम्पी”
  • Hungarian: “Hampi”
  • Indonesian: “Hampi”
  • Italian: “Hampi”
  • Japanese: “ハンピ”
  • Kannada: “ಹಂಪಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಹಂಪೆ”
  • Korean: “함피”
  • Latvian: “Hampi”
  • Lithuanian: “Hampis”
  • Maithili: “हम्पी”
  • Malay: “Hampi”
  • Malayalam: “ഹംപി”
  • Maltese: “Hampi”
  • Marathi: “हंपी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Hampi”
  • Nepali: “हम्पी”
  • Newari: “हम्पी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hampi”
  • Norwegian: “Hampi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hampi”
  • Oriya: “ହାମ୍ପି”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੰਪੀ”
  • Persian: “هامپی”
  • Polish: “Hampi”
  • Portuguese: “Conjunto Monumental de Hampi”
  • Portuguese: “Hampi”
  • Russian: “Хампи”
  • Sanskrit: “हम्पी”
  • Santali: “ᱦᱟᱢᱯᱤ”
  • Saraiki: “ہیمپی”
  • Serbian: “Хампи”
  • Sinhala: “හම්පි”
  • Slovak: “Hampe”
  • Slovenian: “Hampi”
  • Spanish: “Hampi”
  • Swedish: “Hampi”
  • Tamil: “அம்பி”
  • Tamil: “ஹம்பி”
  • Telugu: “విజయనగరము (హంపీ)”
  • Telugu: “విజయనగరము”
  • Telugu: “హంపి”
  • Thai: “หัมปี”
  • Tulu: “ಹಂಪಿ”
  • Turkish: “Hampi”
  • Ukrainian: “Гампі”
  • Ukrainian: “Хампі”
  • Urdu: “ہیمپی”
  • Vietnamese: “Hampi”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہمپی”
  • Wu Chinese: “亨比”
  • “हंपी”

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