Chandikeshwara Temple
A compact riverside temple opposite the Uddana Veerabhadra Temple, with a pillared hall and open courtyard.
Open
6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Entry
Free entry
Best time to go
Morning
Time to spend here
About 30 minutes
Crowds
Usually quiet
Opposite the Uddana Veerabhadra Temple on the Hampi Bazaar–river road. Quiet and easy to combine with the neighbouring temples.
Before you go
Car to the gate
No long walk in
No toilets mapped nearby
Go before you set off
No drinking water mapped nearby
Bring enough with you
Listen to the story
About this place
The Chandikeshwara Temple stands just across the road from the Uddana Veerabhadra Temple, on the northern stretch of the sacred centre near the river. It is a compact but well-proportioned Vijayanagara temple, with a sanctum, a pillared front hall (mantapa) and an enclosing courtyard wall. Its columns and doorway carry restrained carvings typical of the period, and the open, boulder-strewn setting is quiet and photogenic. Because most visitors hurry past on their way to the bigger sites, it is usually calm — a good place to pause and take in the everyday scale of Hampi's many neighbourhood temples.
How to get there
- By road to the entrance
Go by car, bike or auto to Chandikeshwara Temple
Google Maps takes you by road to the nearest point to the place.
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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Photo credits
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikeshwara Temple Hampi · Maheshvijayan · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikesvara Temple opposite to Uddana Veerabhadra Temple · Rohit14400 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikesvara Temple in Hampi · Dineshkannambadi at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chandikeshwara Temple: Chandikesvara Temple at the sunsetpoint of Hemakuta hill (02) · iMahesh · CC BY-SA 4.0
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