The Flickr Hampi Image Generatr

Part of the historic fortifications surrounding the royal palace compound, very near the Lotus Mahal building published yesterday.
.
Hampi was the capitol of the Vijayanagara Hindu kingdom in the early 16th century and by 1500 CE the 2nd largest city in the world after Beijing. The Vijayanagara empire was defeated by a coalition of Mughal sultanates, its capitol conquered and destroyed in 1565. Today the ruins of over 1,000 monuments, temples and fortifications are spread over a vast area in a rocky terrain with bizarre boulder formations, all designated as UNESCO World Heritage site.
.
© All rights reserved. Please do not use my images and text without prior written permission.

A peaceful evening over Hampi, with a clear view of the iconic Virupaksha Temple framed by giant boulders on Hemakuta Hill. Two people sit quietly, soaking in the evening light and the historic landscape of this UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India.

Lotus Mahal or "Palace of Lotus", a structure made for the royal family of the empire, inspired by Indian and Islamic architecture.
.
The palace was reserved for the royal women of the Vijayanagara Empire. According to historical accounts, the structure was built to serve the royal Muslim women of the empire. Also the king Krishnadevaraya used it as his council chamber for meeting with his ministers. The palace was also used as a relaxing place for the royal family.
.
Hampi was the capitol of the Vijayanagara Hindu kingdom in the early 16th century and by 1500 CE the 2nd largest city in the world after Beijing. The Vijayanagara empire was defeated by a coalition of Mughal sultanates, its capitol conquered and destroyed in 1565. Today the ruins of over 1,000 monuments, temples and fortifications are spread over a vast area in a rocky terrain with bizarre boulder formations, all designated as UNESCO World Heritage site.
.
© All rights reserved. Please do not use my images and text without prior written permission.

Two women in colourful sari dress walking in the ruins of Shri Achyutaraya Swamy Temple, surrounded by the unique bizarre landscape of Hampi. The rocks and boulders seem to glow in late afternoon light from the day's heat.
.
Hampi was the capitol of the Vijayanagara Hindu kingdom in the early 16th century and by 1500 CE the 2nd largest city in the world after Beijing. The Vijayanagara empire was defeated by a coalition of Mughal sultanates, its capitol conquered and destroyed in 1565. Today the ruins of over 1,000 monuments, temples and fortifications are spread over a vast area in a rocky terrain with bizarre boulder formations, all designated as UNESCO World Heritage site.
.
© All rights reserved. Please do not use my images and text without prior written permission.

The ancient city of Hampi, India is justifiably popular with travelers. The extensive ruins are stunning, the scenery of giant, jumbled rocks totally rocks, and the town is a chill hangout.

Michael Freeman's Photo School -
Composition Three -
Colour, Pattern, Space and Light

Task Three - Frames within Frames

Frames can help emphasise the subject of an image, so your challenge here is to find a scene that includes a frame and shoot it. Your frame can be man-made or organic and your subject can be anything you want. Regardless of how you achieve the shot, make it work by combining some of the techniques covered so far.

•Shoot a photograph that includes a frame
•Take into account the orientation of your subject and frame
•Remember to use other compositional techniques, such as balance and the Golden Ratio
•Think about the exposure of your image and don't accidentally underexpose the main subject

Response

Whilst on a visit to Hampi in India, I wanted to take a photograph of the elephant stables. Due to the dimensions of the building I felt I had two options, to crop the image as a panorama so I could remove the negative space that would be left by the sky and the grass, or to add some additional interest by incorporating some additional items to the image. I decided to use the foliage and shadows from a nearby tree to create a frame around the building. I feel this emphasises the subject as it leads the eye into the frame, and creates a more interesting image than a crop would have done.

I was traveling in Karnataka hopping from Bijapur to Hampi and Pattadikal and Badami.

Enroute I espied a bunch of women from the oldest nomadic tribe of India - the Lambadis. They have a fairly large congregation of them in Karnataka in the Gadag region and you have their brethren in Rajasthan and their distant cousins the Gypsies in Romania etc.
Much has changed for them. Now the women go and do hard work in on the roads and fields and here one is carrying a steel tiffin box of food and a digging implement on her shoulder. Inspite of all that is madly changing around them, some of the women have managed to retain the fantastic dressing and styling of their tribe.

So here is to the world of chic style and fashion from the very heart of tribal India.

The eternally moving soul seeking newer vistas and newer experiences should experience being a nomad like the Lambadias and the Banjaras of India. These two communities or tribes of people are to be found in various parts of India doing all kinds of work these days from farming, unskilled labour on construction sites etc. Some, however, are
now influential politicians in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

There is a huge number of Lambadi population congregated in Andhra Pradesh and North Karnataka and now they stay in a rural commune called "tanda" .

The term Lamani or Lambadi is a deivative of the word "lawan" which properly construed means essential salt and behind the name exists the nature of their profession. They were nomads who would carry " salt" and spices along with their dromedaries in mule trains and caravans from the coastal salt pans or salt mines to the interiors of the rural India. This activity suffered a huge hit once the railways and road transport came into the world.

The dressing and free spirit continues to exist till date. The current generation has given away the elaborate dresses and the fashionable adornments in favor of plain sarees and no jewelry and it is getting more and more difficult to find the rather customarily dressed Lambadi.

_DSC8747 nef 2025

Below is the 4th principal avatar of the god Vishnu, presenting as a man-lion to symbolize strength. There are 10 principal avatars of Vishnu in the Hindu religion.