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Badavilinga

Hampi's tallest Shiva linga — a 3 m monolith standing in a chamber perpetually filled with water.

Badavilinga: Badavilinga
Badavilinga: Hampi, Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Badavilinga TempleBadavilinga: Badavilinga temple (Shiva Linga), Hampi

Open

6:00 am – 6:00 pm

Entry

Free entry

Best time to go

Morning

Time to spend here

About 20 minutes

Crowds

Can get busy

Shares a compound wall with the Lakshmi Narasimha statue; both take only a few minutes to see.

Before you go

Car to the gate

No long walk in

Toilets 570 m away

Straight-line distance

Drinking water 570 m away

Straight-line distance

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About this place

Immediately beside the Narasimha colossus stands the Badavilinga, the largest monolithic Shiva linga in Hampi at about 3 metres tall. It sits in a small unroofed stone chamber whose floor is always covered by a shallow film of water, fed by a channel from a nearby canal — a striking effect as light from the single doorway plays across the wet, polished stone. 'Badava' means poor: local legend says the linga was commissioned by a poor peasant woman. Three eyes are incised on its face, symbolising the all-seeing gaze of Shiva.

How to get there

  • By road to the entrance

  1. Go by car, bike or auto to Badavilinga

    Google Maps takes you by road to the nearest point to the place.

    Directions in Google Maps
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Walking paths and times are from Google Maps. The way in can change on festival days: follow the signs and ASI staff.

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