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HAMPIWORLD HERITAGE SITE

NANDITA TIGGA 114AR0026RAJAT RANA 114AR0013

2LOCATION ANCIENT VILLAGE ON THE BANK OF

TUNGABHADRA RIVER

BELLARI DISTRICT, KARNATAKA

353 KM FROM BANGLORE, 74 KM FROM BALLARI, 13 KM FROM HOSPET

3HISTORY

14TH CENTURY B.C.MUSLIM INVASION PROVINCE OF DELHI IN 1326-

1327 AD

6TH CENTURY B.C.

CHIEFS OF KAMPAILI

KISKINDHA OF RAMAYANA

4VIJAYANAGARA PERIOD

IN AD 1336 HARIHARA AND BUKKA FOUNDED VIJAYANAGARA

EARLY RULER – SANGAMA DYNASTY (1336-1485 AD)

KRISHNADAVA RAYA(1509-1529 AD)

PAMPAPATI TEMPLE, NARASIMHA FIGURE, KRISHNA TEMPLE

RUINS OF HAMPI, JANUARY 1565

5SITE

6WORLD HERITAGE SITE(1986)OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE CRITERIA I-TO REPRESENT A MASTER PIECE OF HUMAN CREATIVE GENIUS

HAMPI REPRESENT A UNIQUE ARTISTIC CREATION CRITERIA III-TO BEAR A UNIQUE OR ATLEAST EXCEPTIONAL TESTIMONY TO A

CULTURAL TRADITION/CIVILIZATION WHICH IS LIVING OR WHICH HAS DISAPPEARED

THE CITY BARES EXCEPTIONAL TESTIMONY TO THE VANISHED CIVILIZATION OF THE KINGDOM OF VIJAYANAGARA WHICH REACH ITS APOGEE IN THE REIGN OF KRISHNADEVARAYA CRITERIA IV- TO BE AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A TYPE OF BUILDING,

ARCHITECTURE OR TECHNOLOGICAL ENSAMBLE OR LANDSCAPE WHICH ILLUSTRATE SIGNIFICANT STAGES OF HUMAN HISTORY THIS CAPITAL OFFERS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF A TYPE STRUCTURE, WHICH ILLUSTRATE A SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SITUATION; THAT OF THE KINGDOMS OF SOUTH INDIA MENACED BY THE MUSLIMS OCCASIONALY ALIGNED WITH PORTUGUESE OF GOA.

7OBJECTIVE VALUE ASSEMENT

TANGIBLE CULTURAL VALUE SPIRITUAL ARCHITECTURAL HISTORICAL ARCHEOLOGICAL

8ZONINGCORE AREA ZONE - AREA OF 41.80 sq.km. NOTIFIED BY THE STATE GOVERNMENT AS PROTECTED AREA UNDER NOTIFICATION No.ITY 137 KMV 84, dated 22.10.1988BUFFER AREA ZONE – 53 SQ KM OF AREA EXTENDING UPTO 1 KM BEYOND THE LIMIT OF CORE AREA ZONE ON ALL SIDE PERIPHERAL AREA ZONE – 31 SQ KM OF AREA EXTENDING UPTO 1 KM BEYOND THE LIMITS OF THE BUFFER ZONE ON ALL SIDESORIGINAL 47 SQ KM AREA EXTENDED TO 105.9 SQ KM

9PROBLEMS

GROWTH OF MODERN RELIGIOUS COMPLEXES ON THE PLATEAU OF THE HILLS

CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES ACROSS THE TUNGABHADRA INCREASED AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY NEAR FEW MONUMENTS BAZARS OF VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE PRIVATE RESORTS & RESIDENTAL BUILDING IN THE CORE ZONE VANDALISM

10INTERVENTIONSRESTORATION OF CHANDRAMAULESHWAR TEMPLE 2006 STABILIZATION OF UPPER EMBANKMENT

WALL

TELL TALES TO MEASURE CRACK

11RESTORATION WORK IN VITTHAL TEMPLE COMPLEX’S GOPURAM

Masonry props provided after strengthening broken lintel and beam

Overhanging brick masonry units stitched internally & underpinned

Antechamber reconstructed by removing masonry supports

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TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE NUMBER OF TOURIST

TO AVOID ANY VEHICULAR POLLUTION NEAR THE TEMPLE COMPLEX

USE OF BATTERY OPERATED CARS

13QUEENS BATH

DAMAGED AND DECAYED PLASTER WERE SCRAPPED AND RE-PLASTERED

PARAPET WALL RECONSTRUCTED USING BRICKS OF OLD PATTERNS

MASONARY WALL AND STEPS INSIDE WERE NEATELY FURNISHED

14VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE COMPLEX

MANDAPAS USED AS RESIDENCES & SHOPS

SPREADING OF LITTER, UNHYGENIC CONDITION

MODERN CONSTRUCTION FOR THE NEED OF PILGRIMS & TOURISTS

15CONTROVERSIAL BRIDGE

SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER TUNGABHADRA

2 MASSIVE PYLONS IN VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE COMPLEX

PARTIALLY COMPLETED DOMINATE NATURAL

ENVIRONMENT (VISUAL IMPACT, HEAVY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC)

OPPOSED BY UNESCO & ASI

16DOCUMENTATION

HAMPI WORLD HERITAGE SITE (DOCUMENTARY FIM)

DIRECTOR- R.BHARATHODRI SECTION II : PERIODIC REPORT ON THE STATE OFCONSERVATION OF THE

GROUP OF MONUMENT AT HAMPI INDIA, 2003 2008 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, CHANDRAMAULESHWAR TEMPLE,

ANEGUNDI, HAMPI HAMPI – THE LOST TEMPLE (YOUTUBE)

17SAILENT FEATURES

FLOURISH HINDUISM SEIZING RUINS NATURAL SETTING SPIRITUALITY AND CULTURE

18FUTURE INTERVENTIONS CREATING AWARENESS PROGRAMME INTERPRETATION CENTRE LIMITING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AROUND THE COMPLEX IMPLEMENTATION OF SIGNAGE GREEN SPACES IN UNUSED AREAS

19REFERENCES

Devakunjari, d. (1998). Hampi: archaeological survey of India. New Delhi, ND: director general of archaeological survey of India.

Periodic reporting exercise on the application of the world heritage convention. Section II: State of Conservation of specific World Heritage Properties. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/archive/periodicreporting/apa/cycle01/section2/241.pdf

(January 2009). 2008 annual progress report chandramauleshwar temple, Aneugundi,hampi. Retrieved from http://ghn.globalheritagefund.org/uploads/library/doc_492.pdf

Halakatti, s.v. (2007). ‘Group pf monuments’ world heritage site hampi [PowerPoint slides]. Retrieved from http://whc.unesco.org/document/9218

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