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Waiting for us at the end of Hampi Bazaar was a huge monolithic statue of the bull Nandi housed in a twin-storied mandapa (pavilion) with a heap of huge boulders behind it. Known locally as Yeduru Basavanna, this was carved out of the rock and although fairly primitive in style has an imposing presence about it.
Sadly, like so many other religious monuments in Hampi, this statue of Nandi has been desecrated, but it still gazes towards the Virupaksha Temple nearly a kilometer away as if carefully watching over the safety of the shrine to his Lord Shiva that is housed there.
Waiting for us at the end of Hampi Bazaar was a huge monolithic statue of the bull Nandi housed in a twin-storied mandapa (pavilion) with a heap of huge boulders behind it. Known locally as Yeduru Basavanna, this was carved out of the rock and although fairly primitive in style has an imposing presence about it.
Sadly, like so many other religious monuments in Hampi, this statue of Nandi has been desecrated, but it still gazes towards the Virupaksha Temple nearly a kilometer away as if carefully watching over the safety of the shrine to his Lord Shiva that is housed there.
The stone staircase up to the old Hampi Bazaar entrance gate was pretty steep, but it did afford us some wonderful views of the Bazaar and the Virupaksha Temple as we looked down from the steps.
