Hampi Archway

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A very remarkable formation of a natural archway … [is situated] on the west side of the main road to Hampi close to the so-called Underground Temple and to the north of the latter (LONGHURST 1917 edited 1982, 2002: 3, figure 3, item 17 on the location map). The road to Hampi now runs over a low rocky saddle, just missing a great chance of a striking effect by passing to one side of, instead of under, the wonderful natural arch made by the two gigantic rocks which lean agaist one another to the east of it — and leads through one of the outer lines of walls of the city by a small ruined gateway (LONGHURST 1917 edited 2002: 93). CAVE LIFE: At about eight o'clock on 26th February 2004 a solitary and relatively small but busy colony of cliff bees (Apis dorsata) warmed up in the morning sun while invisible bats (Chiroptera) -chied- (?) hidden away in inaccessible fissures.