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Hampi Bazaar

A kilometre-long Vijayanagara market street lined with stone pavilions, running east from Virupaksha Temple to the monolithic Nandi.

Hampi Bazaar: Ruins of the market street with Virupaksha Temple gopuram in the distance
Hampi Bazaar: Colonnaded pavilion interior along the bazaar streetHampi Bazaar: Stone mantapas lining the bazaar with Matanga Hill boulders behindHampi Bazaar: Wide view of the paved market street and surviving stone shops

Open

6:00 am – 6:00 pm

Entry

Free entry

Best time to go

Morning

Time to spend here

About 45 minutes

Crowds

Often crowded

The western end near Virupaksha Temple is always busy with pilgrims, shops and two-wheelers; the eastern ruined stretch toward Matanga Hill is far quieter, especially before 9 AM.

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About this place

Also called Virupaksha Bazaar, this was the main commercial spine of medieval Hampi: a broad, paved avenue about 750 metres long and 30 metres wide, flanked on both sides by rows of single- and double-storey stone mantapas that once housed jewellers, cloth merchants and spice traders. Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes marveled at pearls and gems sold here during the empire's zenith. The street begins at the eastern gopuram of Virupaksha Temple and climbs gently toward Matanga Hill, ending near the monolithic Nandi (Yeduru Basavanna) and a two-storey photo gallery of 19th-century Hampi views. Many pavilions survive as open colonnades; the western stretch still hosts small shops, while the eastern ruins are quieter. An ASI information plaque near the temple records the street's dimensions and history.

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