Hampi Cave

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The so-called Hampi Cave of KOTRAIAH, C T M (note 1) is not a cave in the speleological sense of the word but a -guha- (innermost sanctuary) within the Hindu temple, an erected structure used for religious purposes dedicated to Uddana Virabhadra and situated in Krishnapura, a suburb of the ruined capital of Vijayanagar at the southern base of Hemakuta hill (circa 0.5 km in a direct line south of Hampi Bazaar). The lingam, cut from granite, was declared by the temple priest to be an idol of Dattatreya (see: Cave of –>Dattatreya, Baba Budan Giri, Karnataka).The so-called Hampi Cave of KOTRAIAH, C T M (note 1) is not a cave in the speleological sense of the word but a -guha- (innermost sanctuary) within the Hindu temple, an erected structure used for religious purposes dedicated to Uddana Virabhadra and situated in Krishnapura, a suburb of the ruined capital of Vijayanagar at the southern base of Hemakuta hill (circa 0.5 km in a direct line south of Hampi Bazaar). The lingam, cut from granite, was declared by the temple priest to be an idol of Dattatreya (see: Cave of –>Dattatreya, Baba Budan Giri, Karnataka).