[caption id="attachment_1389" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Bhima Statue"]<a href="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/hampi-mythology-and-legend/dsc01252/" rel="attachment wp-att-1389"><img src="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC01252-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="Myth Image1" width="135" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1389" /></a>[/caption][caption id="attachment_1390" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Sisters stone"]<a href="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/hampi-mythology-and-legend/dsc01255/" rel="attachment wp-att-1390"><img src="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC01255-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="Myth Image" width="135" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1390" /></a>[/caption][caption id="attachment_1388" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Jarasanda"]<a href="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/hampi-mythology-and-legend/dsc01084/" rel="attachment wp-att-1388"><img src="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/DSC01084-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="Sisters stone" width="135" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1388" /></a>[/caption][caption id="attachment_1377" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="sati in pillar"]<a href="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/hampi-mythology-and-legend/sati-in-pillar/" rel="attachment wp-att-1377"><img src="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sati-in-Pillar-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="sati in pillar" width="135" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1377" /></a>[/caption][caption id="attachment_1374" align="alignleft" width="135" caption="Mahasathi"]<a href="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/hampi-mythology-and-legend/mahasthi/" rel="attachment wp-att-1374"><img src="http://chaluvaraju.pantoto.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Mahasthi-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="Mahasathi" width="135" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1374" /></a>[/caption]
Hindus treat Hampi as a sacred land. According to the folklore, a number of mythical events are associated with Hampi. Your understanding of what you see at Hampi would be greatly enhanced if you have some clues about the Hindu mythology and its themes. 