Double-Storeyed Mantapa
A two-level granite gateway on the Tungabhadra river route southwest of the Vittala Temple.
Open
6:00 am – 6:00 pm
Entry
Free entry
Best time to go
Morning
Time to spend here
About 35 minutes
Crowds
Usually quiet
Reached on foot along the Vittala riverside trail; the exposed rock becomes hot and slippery, while most tour groups bypass the site.
Before you go
18 min walk in
Or the battery buggy from the gate
Toilets 240 m away
Straight-line distance
Drinking water 240 m away
Straight-line distance
Listen to the story
About this place
The Double-Storeyed Mantapa rises from a broad granite outcrop on the right bank of the Tungabhadra, southwest of the Vittala Temple. Generally dated to the fifteenth or sixteenth century, the plain-pillared structure functioned as a monumental gateway on the old river route into the sacred centre. Small single-celled shrines flank the high platform, and the open upper level gives the ruin its distinctive profile among the surrounding boulders.
How to get there
- Parking: Vittala visitor parking
- 1.4 km walk · about 18 min
- Battery buggy runs too
Drive or take an auto to Vittala visitor parking
This is as far as a private vehicle can go.
Walk 1.4 km to Double-Storeyed Mantapa, or take the buggy
About 18 min on foot, along the path on the map. Battery buggies also run from the parking; fares, queues and times can change.
Arrive at Double-Storeyed Mantapa
PWhere vehicles stopThe walk
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
- Double-Storeyed Mantapa: Front view of two storied stone Mandapa at Hampi · AMITABHA GUPTA · CC BY 4.0
- Double-Storeyed Mantapa: Hampi - Double Storeyed Mandapa · Ingo Mehling · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Double-Storeyed Mantapa: Two storey complex · Kalmanevikas · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Double-Storeyed Mantapa: Two Storeyed Stone Mantapa, Hampi, Karnataka · Nagaraj Sinhasan · CC BY-SA 4.0
