Palace

Guard's Quarters near Elephant Stables

An Indo-Islamic arched gallery beside the Elephant Stables, now a small archaeological museum.

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

Covered by the same ASI ticket as the Elephant Stables and Lotus Mahal; combine with the stables in one stop.

Before you go

Car to the gate

No long walk in

Toilets 230 m away

Straight-line distance

Drinking water 260 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 Temple Stone Chariot Shri Bhashyakara Gudi Kuduregombe Mantapa Ruined Gateway with Lofty Pillars Zenana Enclosure Lotus Mahal Elephant Stables Guards' Quarters Archaeological Gallery

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

Book on the official ASI site ASI’s page on Hampi

How the ticket works

Listen to the story

About this place

The Guard's Quarters stand at right angles to the Elephant Stables in the Royal Centre, sharing a courtyard and guarding the approach to the Zenana Enclosure. The long single-storey building rests on a high platform and is fronted by a row of pointed arches in the Indo-Islamic style favoured for secular Vijayanagara buildings. Today it houses a small open-air museum of stone sculptures recovered from sites around Hampi.

How to get there

By road to the entrance

Go by car, bike or auto to Guard's Quarters near Elephant Stables
Google Maps takes you by road to the nearest point to the place.
Directions in Google Maps

Walk there from where you are Bigger map

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