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We spent one of the May Bank Holiday weekends in Hampi
(Vijaynagara - City of Victory) exploring the temples and ruins from 500 years ago. 
The landscape was incredible and so were the ruins. (Excuse the temple overload!)

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Hampi Bazaar

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Family at Nandi Shrine
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Hampi Bazaar
Pavilion
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Achyuta Raya Temple
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Achyuta Raya Temple

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Inside AR Temple

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Colonnades
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Inside AR Temple

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Ben at the entrance to AR
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Landscape around AR Temple

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Virupaksha Temple

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Virupaksha Temple
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From Hemakuta Hill

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Shrine on Hemakuta Hill


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The Frog Eyed Monster... and a Hindu God
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Spleen feeling sickly

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Vitthala Temple

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Ben at Vitthala
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Chariot Shrine to Vishnu

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The Lotus Mahal
(good curry house?)

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The Grounds of
the Lotus Mahal

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Spleen and the Lotus
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The Elephant Stables

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The Elephant Stables

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