When viewed from a distance, Hampi Art Labs could pass for a spectacular riverbank – if a riverbank did such a thing as levitate. Located in southern India near the Unesco World Heritage Site of Hampi ...

On the banks of India’s Tungabhadra river, strewn across craggy hills and lush plains dotted with massive granite boulders, lie the remains of grandiose monuments at Hampi. The Vijayanagar kingdom ...

I peered over the edge of the Queen’s Bath, an immaculate, now-empty pool where the ladies of one of India’s great empires once used to bathe. Then my guide, Kumar, pointed outside. “That’s the moat,” ...

One of India’s richest families—and most prominent groups of cultural patrons—will open a contemporary art centre in the country’s south next year. Hampi Art Labs is being launched by the JSW ...

The most budget‑friendly way to get to Hampi is by train or overnight bus to Hospet (Hosapete), the nearest major town, ...

The legendary ruins of Hampi span 19 kilometres. The ornate temples, imposing courts, symmetrical streets and sophisticated urban planning here that pre-dated Europe by at least a couple of centuries ...

Hampi is India's largest World Heritage Site thanks to the most beautiful and evocative of all temples and ruins in the Karnataka region. Once the capital of the Vijayanagar kingdom, Hampi is full of ...

First ICOMOS-World Heritage Centre reactive monitoring mission in 2000; expert technical assessment mission in 2001; World Heritage Centre and experts advisory missions in 2003 and 2004; ICOMOS-World ...