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Octagonal Bath

An eight-sided royal bathing pavilion ringed by pillars, on the eastern edge of the royal centre.

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Open

6:00 am – 6:00 pm

Entry

Free entry

Best time to go

Any time

Time to spend here

About 25 minutes

Crowds

Usually quiet

Just off the Kamalapura–Hampi road on the eastern side of the royal centre. Small and quiet; a two-minute stop, lovely in low light.

Before you go

Car to the gate

No long walk in

Toilets 530 m away

Straight-line distance

Drinking water 900 m away

Straight-line distance

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About this place

This graceful eight-sided tank was a private bathing pavilion for the Vijayanagara court. A pillared verandah runs around all eight sides of the sunken octagonal pool, and a raised platform at the centre once carried a domed canopy where bathers could sit. Water reached the bath through the city's remarkable network of stone-cut aqueducts and channels, the same engineering that fed the palaces and gardens nearby. Simple but beautifully proportioned, it is one of several bathing structures that show how much the Vijayanagara rulers valued water, comfort and clever hydraulics.

How to get there

  • By road to the entrance

  1. Go by car, bike or auto to Octagonal Bath

    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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