Hampi is derived from the word pamba.
Near kodanda rama temple sugrivas cave and where he kept the jewels of Sita are marked.
In ramayana time Matanga hill is called as Rishyamuka mountain.
In ramayana Anegundi village is known as Kiskhinda. near by Pampa Lake, filled with lotus flowers. Here Rama and Lakshmana met Shabari, She offered them delicious fruit and directed them towards Rishyamuka Mountain. On the hill above Pampa Lake is a cave where Shabari lived and the Pampa Ambika temple.
Near Pamba Anjanadri hill is there,It is Hanuman�s birthplace. To reach the top of the hill we had to climb six hundred steps. On the way we find Keshari tirtha, a cave where Keshari, Hanuman�s father, lived. In the temple the deity of Hanuman was carved in a huge boulder and painted red. In the opposite shrine is a deity of Anjana, Hanuman�s mother.
HAZARA RAMA TEMPLE
This temple is famous for its many Ramayana panels. The Ramayana epic is carved in detail. Incidents in the story like Dasaratha performing a sacrifice to beget sons, the birth of Rama, his exile into the forest, the abduction of Sita and the ultimate fight between Rama and Ravana are all carved in a vivid manner
KODANDA RAMA TEMPLE
End of the Virupaksha Bazaar, a small pathway leading north along the
riverbank takes you to the Kodanda Rama Temple. This temple faces
Chakrathirtha, which is considered to be the most sacred bathing ghat in the
river.The rectangular "Garbha Griha" of the temple contains large standing
figures of Sri Rama, Sita and Lakshmana each nearly 15 feet in height in
black stone
Pattabhirama Temple
Pattabhirama Temple is situated in the city of Hampi. The east-facing
sanctum is a tri-tala vimana with an antarala, ardha-mantapa and
maha-mantapa. The large and square maha-mantapa is a finely proportioned
seven aisled structure with tall and slender composite pillars of various
types. To the east of the ardha-mantapa is the usual covered
pradakshina-prakara enclosing the garbha-griha and the antarala.
Malayavantha RaghunathaTemple
Malayavanta Raghunatha Temple, on Malayavanta Hill on the road to Kampli. At
this place Rama and Lakshmana spend four months of the rainy season after
installing Sugriva on the throne. In the main temple, deities of Rama and
Lakshmana are sitting, Sita is standing next to them, and a kneeling Hanuman
is carved on a boulder on their right side. There deities Rama and
Lakshmana in a sitting posture; they�re worrying about the kidnapped Sita.
Nearby Madhuvan is there. After finding Sita, the monkeys stopped here and
enjoyed royal gardens full of honey and fruit. Today there is a small
Hanuman temple here.
HAZARA RAMA TEMPLE
Pattabhirama temple
Pattabhirama temple deitys
