Hampi: Vijayanagara ruins, Tungabhadra riverbank

Where: India & Indian Ocean · Asia · approx. 15.34, 76.46 (vicinity only)

Why this spot: Capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, sacked 1565; over 1,600 monuments across 41 sq km along the Tungabhadra, UNESCO-listed since 1986

What turns up: eyes-only: temples, bazaars, royal enclosures, riverside ghats and coracle ferries

Access: Prohibited / view only.

UNESCO World Heritage Site managed by the ASI under the AMASR Act: any digging, detecting or removal is a criminal offence. Purely eyes-only, and the riverbank ghats are inside the protected zone

Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.