Chandikeshwara Temple
A compact riverside temple opposite the Uddana Veerabhadra Temple, with a pillared hall and open courtyard.
Open
6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Entry
Free entry
Best time to go
Morning
Time to spend here
About 30 minutes
Crowds
Usually quiet
Opposite the Uddana Veerabhadra Temple on the Hampi Bazaar–river road. Quiet and easy to combine with the neighbouring temples.
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About this place
The Chandikeshwara Temple stands just across the road from the Uddana Veerabhadra Temple, on the northern stretch of the sacred centre near the river. It is a compact but well-proportioned Vijayanagara temple, with a sanctum, a pillared front hall (mantapa) and an enclosing courtyard wall. Its columns and doorway carry restrained carvings typical of the period, and the open, boulder-strewn setting is quiet and photogenic. Because most visitors hurry past on their way to the bigger sites, it is usually calm — a good place to pause and take in the everyday scale of Hampi's many neighbourhood temples.
Where it is
Close by
Photo credits
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikeshwara Temple Hampi · Maheshvijayan · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikesvara Temple opposite to Uddana Veerabhadra Temple · Rohit14400 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikesvara Temple in Hampi · Dineshkannambadi at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikesvara Temple at the sunsetpoint of Hemakuta hill (02) · iMahesh · CC BY-SA 4.0
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