Hampi is an excursion back into time. The monuments here are an exploration of an artist's love for his land and the unabashed expression of such love.
Rocks must be loved
They are gods, dancers, elephants, horses
Waiting for deliverance.
Rock
Space
Rock and inner space
Hampi.
KING'S BALANCE
Few steps from the Jain Temple leads to the curious monument, which is called King's Balance or Tula Purushadana. Here the kings of Vijayanagara on certain occasions like solar or lunar eclipse, New years day and Coronation day used to perform religious ceremony, having themselves weighed against their own weight in gold and precious stones and distribute them to the Brahmans. It is on two lofty 15 feet granite pillars a stone beam (nearly 12 feet) has been kept, carved with three stone rings, which resemble a large pair of scales. On this ornamentally carved pillar, sculptures of king and his two wives can be seen.
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