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Hampi's Volcanic Rock Formations: Three Days Inside Karnataka's Most Surreal Ruins and Boulders

The First Morning the Rocks Refuse to Make SenseYou step off the coracle at Virupapura Gaddi before the sun has cleared the Matanga Hill, and the first thing that stops you is not the Vijayanagara ruins. It is the boulders. They are stacked in formations that should not hold, granite…

Times Life · Aug 31

Vadnagar, Gujarat's Most Historically Layered Ancient Town, Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Twenty-Two Floors Going DownMost heritage towns in India give you one era. Hampi is Vijayanagara. Fatehpur Sikri is Mughal. Vadnagar is something stranger: a single town in northern Gujarat where archaeologists have identified twenty-two distinct layers of human settlement, stacked one on top of the other like sediment, going back…

Times Life · Aug 12

These Five Sacred Temples Prove That Shiva's Divine Presence Has Never Left India

Kedarnath: The Mountain Does Not Care If You BelieveYou arrive at Kedarnath after sixteen kilometres of altitude that strips everything from you, your comfort, your breath, your sense of what your body can do. The stone shrine sits at 3,583 metres, surrounded by peaks that have no interest in human…

Times Life · Aug 11

Lokayukta raids 10 officials across State

The Lokayukta police conducted search and seizure operations against 10 government officials after registering Disproportionate Assets (DA) cases against them. Raids were conducted at 41 locations in Tumakuru, Mandya, Chikkamagaluru, Mysuru, Koppal, Vijayanagara, Ballari, Hassan, Chamarajanagara and Mangaluru districts. 

The Hindu · Jan 31, 2024

15th century Telugu inscription discovered in Nallamala forest of Andhra Pradesh

GUNTUR: A stone inscription from Vijayanagara period found in Nallamala forest, recording land gift to god by king.

The Hindu · Jan 20, 2024

Karnataka Rajyotsava | A name lost and found over millennia

Karnataka Rajyotsava: Name of State dates back to Before Common Era; references to it found in Mahabharata, Mricchakatika, Kathasaritsagara; word a compound of ‘Kar’ or ‘Kal’ and ‘Nadu’ or ‘Natu’; Vijayanagara Empire, called Karnataka Samrajya, played emotional role in State’s unification struggle.

The Hindu · Nov 1, 2023

One more BJP ticket fraud surfaces

Retired engineer cheated of ₹2.03 crore by BJP leaders in Vijayanagara district. Accused promised ticket for Assembly Elections, took money but failed to fulfill promise. Police investigating, tracking accused.

The Hindu · Oct 22, 2023

Royal touch to capital: A.P. government buildings in Visakhapatnam named after dynasties

Ahead of the shift of the government machinery and the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department has readied four buildings at Rushikonda Hill facing the sea shore. The palatial buildings are named after Vijayanagara, Gajapathi, Kalinga and Vengi— the dynasties that once ruled…

The Hindu · Oct 16, 2023

Karnataka: 7 killed, 6 injured in road accident in Hospet

Seven people including a child were killed while six others were injured when two mining tipper lorries collided with an SUV near the tunnel on the outskirts of Hospet city in Vijayanagara district. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Oct 10, 2023

Central team takes stock of drought in Vijayanagara and Ballari districts

A three-member team of the Union government headed by D. Rajashekhar, Additional Advisor, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, visited the villages in Vijayanagara and Ballari districts and took stock of the drought situation on Saturday. R. Thakre, Director of Animal Husbandry, and Moti Ram, Assistant Commissioner of Rural Development,…

The Hindu · Oct 7, 2023