Studio Matrx Monthly · Volume 1 · Issue 5 · October 2026
Amogh N P
✦ In loving memory of Amogh N P — Architect · Designer · Visionary ✦
Photography
✦ Through the lens · in Amogh's frame

Hampi through Amogh's lens

A monsoon day among the ruins of Vijayanagara — boulder hills, the Vittala Temple, the Lotus Mahal and stepped tank of the royal enclosure, and the great gopuram of Virupaksha from Hemakuta Hill.

Hampi, Karnataka July 2019 24 photographs
The sculpted tiers of the Virupaksha gopuram against a blue monsoon sky, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The sculpted tiers of the Virupaksha gopuram against a blue monsoon sky, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

01Boulders and gateways

The granite landscape of Hampi — balanced boulders, a fortified gateway and a langur on a temple wall.

A Hanuman langur resting on a whitewashed temple wall, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Granite boulders stacked and balanced against the sky, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A fortified gateway and round bastion among the boulders, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

02Vittala Temple

The old bazaar colonnades and the Vittala Temple — its brick-and-stucco gopuram, pavilions and pillared courtyard.

A temple tower rising among coconut palms, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Tumbled granite and ruined walls on a hillside, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A small stone mandapa on a scrub-covered rise, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Rows of ruined colonnades of an old bazaar street, ringed by boulder hills, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The brick-and-stucco gopuram at the entrance to the Vittala Temple, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A pillared stone pavilion in the Vittala Temple complex, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The carved and stuccoed tiers of the Vittala Temple gopuram, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Vittala Temple courtyard and its pillared halls, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

03The royal enclosure

The Lotus Mahal and watchtower of the Zenana Enclosure, the carved Mahanavami Dibba and the geometric stepped tank.

A ruined two-storey pillared hall of granite beams and columns, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The Lotus Mahal in the Zenana Enclosure, its arches and stepped towers, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Pink oleander in bloom in the Zenana Enclosure gardens, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A palm squirrel on the sandy ground of the royal enclosure, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A watchtower above the massive granite wall of the Zenana Enclosure, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
Carved friezes of dancers and figures on the Mahanavami Dibba, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The geometric stepped tank of the royal enclosure, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

04Hemakuta Hill and Virupaksha

Shrines under the boulders of Hemakuta Hill, and the Virupaksha Temple gopuram towering over the town.

The Virupaksha Temple gopuram rising over the boulder landscape, seen from Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A small stone shrine under great boulders on Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A pillared mandapa among the boulders of Hemakuta Hill, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The towering gopuram of the Virupaksha Temple framed by trees, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
The sculpted tiers of the Virupaksha gopuram against a blue monsoon sky, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P
A weathered carved relief on a temple bracket, Hampi, Karnataka — photograph by Amogh N P

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