What to expect
Highlights
- Anjanadri Hill — A rocky hill above Anegundi, across the Tungabhadra from Hampi, revered as a birthplace of Hanuman (Anjaneya) — a stepped climb to a hilltop Hanuman temple with sweeping views over the Kishkindha boulder-country.
- Pampa Sarovar — A sacred lake near Anegundi tied to the Ramayana (the Shabari legend) and to Shiva and Parvati — counted among the holy sarovars of India, ringed by shrines and lotus-covered water.
- Sri Ranganatha Temple, Anegundi — An early-Vijayanagara Vishnu temple in Anegundi village enshrining a reclining Ranganatha (Ananthasayana); Anegundi, older than Hampi, was the mythic Kishkindha and the pre-imperial core of the Vijayanagara founders.
- Gagan Mahal, Anegundi — The civic palace building of Anegundi, a tiered Indo-Islamic structure from the Vijayanagara–Qutb Shahi era in the heart of the old town. (Not to be confused with the Gagan Mahal at Vijayapura.)
- Chintamani Temple, Anegundi — A riverside temple near Anegundi linked in the Ramayana to the spot where Rama met Sugriva and where Vali was slain — a quiet Kishkindha pilgrimage point above the Tungabhadra.
