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Elephant Stables

A grand row of eleven domed chambers that once housed the royal war elephants.

Elephant Stables: Closeup of Elephant Stables, Hampi
Elephant Stables: Elephant-StablesElephant Stables: Elephant stables, Hampi, Karnataka, India

Open

8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Entry

₹40 for Indians · ₹600 for foreign visitors

Best time to go

Morning

Time to spend here

About 30 minutes

Crowds

Can get busy

Same ASI ticket as the Lotus Mahal and Vittala Temple. The adjoining Guards' Quarters houses a small archaeological museum.

Before you go

Car to the gate

No long walk in

Toilets 270 m away

Straight-line distance

Drinking water 300 m away

Straight-line distance

On the ASI ticket

This place is one of ten that share one ASI ticket. Bought for a date, the same ticket also gets you into these that day:

Vittala TempleStone ChariotShri Bhashyakara GudiKuduregombe MantapaRuined Gateway with Lofty PillarsZenana EnclosureLotus MahalGuard's Quarters near Elephant StablesGuards' Quarters Archaeological Gallery

₹35 online for Indian visitors · ₹550 for foreign visitors

Book on the official ASI siteASI’s page on Hampi
How the ticket works

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About this place

The Elephant Stables are among the best-preserved secular buildings in Hampi: a long, symmetrical range of eleven large chambers, each crowned with a dome, arranged around a central pavilion. The alternating dome shapes and the Indo-Islamic styling reflect the cosmopolitan tastes of the Vijayanagara court. Each chamber could hold one or two elephants, with openings above once used to chain and feed them.

Good to know

  • Keep your Zenana Enclosure ticket: it normally covers this heritage zone and may cover other ASI sites on the same day; confirm current validity at the counter.
  • The small archaeological galleries in the nearby Guards' Quarters are easy to miss and are worth checking while they are open.
  • Do not climb on the stable platforms or enter any area closed by ASI barriers.

How to get there

  • By road to the entrance

  1. Go by car, bike or auto to Elephant Stables

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

    Directions in Google Maps
Walk there from where you areBigger map

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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