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HAMPI & THE DECCAN PLATEAU
HAMPI & THE DECCAN PLATEAUDuration : 16 Days
15 Nights  Day 01 London - Mumbai
- Hyderabad A Government approved five-star hotel,
Taj Residency is located on the Banjara Hills, 7 kilometres from the
airport and 5 kilometres from the railway station. This centrally
air-conditioned hotel has three multi-cuisine restaurants, bar, health
club, swimming pool and 138 rooms each with a telephone, television
and attached private facilities. Lively Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, is central India's counterpart to the Moghul splendours of northern Indian cities like Delhi and Agra. It is a little visited metropolis of crowded bazaars and grandiose Islamic monuments, and is famous as the former seat of the outrageously wealthy Nizams of Hyderabad. The city straddles the Musi River and is separated from its modern twin, Secunderabad, by the Hussain Sagar (Reservoir). Most of Hyderabad's outstanding attractions were built during the Muslim Qutab Shahi dynasty, which ruled from 1543 until 1687 when it was taken over by the Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb. Day 02 Hyderabad
Day 03 Hyderabad
- Bangalore
- Hassan The Hoysala Village Resort at Hassan is
approximately 5 kms from the centre of the town. The rooms have
attached private facilities and a balcony/sit-out area overlooking the
lawns. As a special feature they have introduced Bullock Cart rides
into the local Village. The resort has a swimming pool ,a well
stocked bar and a restaurant. Belur was once the capital of a powerful empire on the banks of River Yagachi, now called the Banaras of the South, aka Dakshina Varanasi. Belur's main temple, Chennakeshava (dedicated to Lord Krishna and set in a compound with several smaller temples and a pond), was commissioned by King Vishnuvardhana in 1117 AD to celebrate Hoysala military victories. It took over a hundred years to complete and its architecture is foreign to the prevailing Hoysala style of the 12th century – it is exceptionally large (about 100-ft high) and its decoration very lavish (with a magnificent gateway tower – gopuram) in Dravidian style. It is delicate in its filigree work, with the added attraction of bracketed figures of celestial dancers, called Madanikas and exclusive to Belur, and an innumerable variety of intricate pillars. Contrary to Indian tradition, these Hoysala sculptors signed their work at this temple. Halebid (Hale’beedu) literally means ‘the ruined city’. During the 12th and 13th centuries AD, it flourished as the capital of the Hoysala Dynasty for about 150 years. It was then known as Dwarasamudra (gateway to the seas). However, it was twice attacked by invaders who robbed it of its treasures, leaving behind the ruins of the once-magnificent Shiva temple. The Hoysalas then shifted their capital to Belur, leaving behind Halebid, a city once grand and since reduced to poverty and ruins. The Shiva Temple, Hoysaleshwara, is unique for its two shrines in the Linga form and gigantic figures of Nandi (sacred bull). It is actually two temples attached along the north-south axis by pillared walls. This temple is twice the size of Belur's Chennakeshava Temple and the figures are larger as well. Day
04 Hassan - Mysore Srirangaptanam is a name that has filled
the pages of British history in Karnataka. It is a picturesque place
on the banks of River Kaveri on the Mysore-Bangalore highway at a very
short distance from Mysore. The island of Srirangapatnam in the River
Kaveri, 14km north of Mysore, measures 5km by 1km. Long a site of
Hindu pilgrimage, it is named for its tenth-century Sriranganathaswamy
Vishnu temple. In the year 1133 it served as a refuge for the
philosopher Ramanuja. The Vijayanagars built a fort here in 1454, and
in 1616 it became it became the capital of the Mysore Wadiyar Rajas.
However, Srirangapatnam is more famously associated with Hyder Ali,
who deposed the Wadiyars in1761, and even more so with his son Tipu
Sultan. During his seventeen-year reign-which ended with his death in
1799, at the bloody battle of "Seringapatnam" Tipu posed
greater threat than any other Indian ruler to British plans to
dominate India. Tipu and his father were responsible for transforming
the small state of Mysore into a major Muslim power. His burning
life-long desire to rid India of the hated British invaders naturally
brought him an ally in the French. He obsessively embraced his popular
name of the "Tiger of Mysore", surrounding himself with
symbols and images of tigers; much of his memorabila is decorated with
the animal or its stripes. Tipu's Srirangapatnam was largely destroyed
by the British, but parts of the fort area in the northwest survive,
including gates, ramparts, the grim dungeons, and the domed and
minareted Jami Masjid mosque.  Lalitha Mahal Palace is centrally
air-conditioned hotel. The hotel has 54 rooms including 14 suites
equipped with telephone, television and attached private facilities.
Other amenities include a health club, swimming pool, tennis, golf,
billiards, indoor games and jogging track. Location: Bangalore Airport
– 160 kilometers : Railway Station – 7 kilometers : City
Centre – 5 kilometers. Day 05 Mysore Hampi To the east of the hall stands the famed
stone chariot with stone wheels that actually revolve..…all
carved out of a solitary stone. Recently excavated, a pond lies amidst
the ruins and completely hypnotizes one with its intricate internal
planning and mathematical pattern of the steps leading all the way to
the bottom. Near the Achyutaraya Temple is the 6.7 mts tall monolith
of Ugra Narasimha seated proudly under the protection of a
seven-hooded snake - a fantastic specimen of Vijaynagara sculpture. By
its side, lies a mammoth Shivalinga carved out of a single piece of
rock. Then ofcourse, there are those wonderful treasures that one
keeps discovering like the King's balance where kings were weighed
against grain, gold or money later distributed to the poor. Or the
Queens bath with it's arched corridors, protecting balconies and
fountains in the shape of a lotus. Or the spacious and immense
elephant stables with their arched entrances and domes. Day
08 Hospet Day
11 Badami Day 13 & 14 GOA The Leela is centrally
air-conditioned hotel and has and 417 rooms each with a telephone,
television, mini bar and attached private facilities. Other amenities
include a swimming pool, discotheque, spa & fitness centre,
multi-cuisine restaurant Location: International Airport – 1.5
kilometers : Domestic Airport – 7 kilometers : Railway Station –
20 kilometers |
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