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Hampi's Volcanic Rock Formations: Three Days Inside Karnataka's Most Surreal Ruins and Boulders

The First Morning the Rocks Refuse to Make SenseYou step off the coracle at Virupapura Gaddi before the sun has cleared the Matanga Hill, and the first thing that stops you is not the Vijayanagara ruins. It is the boulders. They are stacked in formations that should not hold, granite…

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Vadnagar, Gujarat's Most Historically Layered Ancient Town, Has Been Hiding in Plain Sight

Twenty-Two Floors Going DownMost heritage towns in India give you one era. Hampi is Vijayanagara. Fatehpur Sikri is Mughal. Vadnagar is something stranger: a single town in northern Gujarat where archaeologists have identified twenty-two distinct layers of human settlement, stacked one on top of the other like sediment, going back…

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These Five Sacred Temples Prove That Shiva's Divine Presence Has Never Left India

Kedarnath: The Mountain Does Not Care If You BelieveYou arrive at Kedarnath after sixteen kilometres of altitude that strips everything from you, your comfort, your breath, your sense of what your body can do. The stone shrine sits at 3,583 metres, surrounded by peaks that have no interest in human…

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6 Indian Cities Where Shiva Never Left and Nandi Still Protects

ॐ नमः शिवाय। In some parts of India, Shiva is not spoken of as a god who once came and went. He is spoken of as someone who stayed. Not in legend alone, but in habit, memory, and daily life. People here do not ask where Shiva went. They ask…

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Kalyana Karnataka districts continue to occupy bottom rungs in SSLC ranking

Despite efforts by the Department of Public Instruction and KKRDB, Kalyana Karnataka districts rank poorly in SSLC results.

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10 preparatory exams help students of Indu College perform well in the final examination

Consistently top-performing Indu Independent PU College of Kottur in Vijayanagara district credits success to hard work, preparatory exams, and dedicated teachers.

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Karnataka 2nd PUC Result 2024 | What Toppers Say

Kavitha B.V., student of Indu Independent PU College, Kottur, Vijayanagara district, is one of three students who shared the first rank in Arts stream with a score of 596 out of 600 marks

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Lokayukta raids 10 officials across State

The Lokayukta police conducted search and seizure operations against 10 government officials after registering Disproportionate Assets (DA) cases against them. Raids were conducted at 41 locations in Tumakuru, Mandya, Chikkamagaluru, Mysuru, Koppal, Vijayanagara, Ballari, Hassan, Chamarajanagara and Mangaluru districts.

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15th century Telugu inscription discovered in Nallamala forest of Andhra Pradesh

GUNTUR: A stone inscription from Vijayanagara period found in Nallamala forest, recording land gift to god by king.

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Karnataka Rajyotsava | A name lost and found over millennia

Karnataka Rajyotsava: Name of State dates back to Before Common Era; references to it found in Mahabharata, Mricchakatika, Kathasaritsagara; word a compound of ‘Kar’ or ‘Kal’ and ‘Nadu’ or ‘Natu’; Vijayanagara Empire, called Karnataka Samrajya, played emotional role in State’s unification struggle.

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One more BJP ticket fraud surfaces

Retired engineer cheated of ₹2.03 crore by BJP leaders in Vijayanagara district. Accused promised ticket for Assembly Elections, took money but failed to fulfill promise. Police investigating, tracking accused.

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Royal touch to capital: A.P. government buildings in Visakhapatnam named after dynasties

Ahead of the shift of the government machinery and the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) from Amaravati to Visakhapatnam, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department has readied four buildings at Rushikonda Hill facing the sea shore. The palatial buildings are named after Vijayanagara, Gajapathi, Kalinga and Vengi— the dynasties that once ruled…

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Karnataka: 7 killed, 6 injured in road accident in Hospet

Seven people including a child were killed while six others were injured when two mining tipper lorries collided with an SUV near the tunnel on the outskirts of Hospet city in Vijayanagara district. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Central team takes stock of drought in Vijayanagara and Ballari districts

A three-member team of the Union government headed by D. Rajashekhar, Additional Advisor, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, visited the villages in Vijayanagara and Ballari districts and took stock of the drought situation on Saturday. R. Thakre, Director of Animal Husbandry, and Moti Ram, Assistant Commissioner of Rural Development,…

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Karnataka: Transgenders united to fight for their rights in Hosapete

HOSAPETE (VIJAYANAGARA): When Vijayanagara new district was formed after bifurcation of Ballari district in Karnataka, transgenders were left unattended due to lack of a community organisation. Now, as many as 161 transgenders are united to lead a respectful life in Vijayanagara district.

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Dakkaligas are among the most marginalised

Spread across a few districts in central Karnataka and a few places in north Karnataka, Dakkaligas are a small community. There are 462 families with a population of about 1,800, as per the private survey conducted by people of the community. A good number of families are in Tumakuru, Chikkaballapura,…

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Agniveer Recruitment Rally in Mysuru

An Agniveer Recruitment Rally is scheduled to be held at Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Mysuru between August 1st and 4th for shortlisted male candidates from Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Mandya, Mysuru, Ballari, Chamarajanagar, Ramanagara, Kodagu, Kolar, Chikkaballapura, Hassan, Chitradurga and Vijayanagara districts.

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Homestays, resorts illegally built on agricultural lands at Anegundi, Hampi demolished: Minister

All homestays and resorts illegally built for commercial purposes on agricultural lands have been demolished at Hampi in Vijayanagara and Anegundi in Koppal districts, Urban Development Minister Byrathi Suresh on Monday informed the Legislative Assembly.

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Seven of family killed, 12 injured in Vijayanagara district

Seven members of a family, including five women, were killed on the spot and 12 sustained severe injuries after the two autorickshaws they were travelling in collided with a lorry near Waddarhalli Bridge in Hosapete taluk of Vijayanagara district on Friday.

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Woman found murdered in Shivamogga

A 57-year-old woman was found murdered at her residence at Vijayanagara in Shivamogga on June 18.

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Karnataka elections: Ballari back in control of the Congress

The Congress has won all five seats in Ballari and two seats in Vijayanagara district, which was recently carved out of Ballari. The BJP has been left with only one seat (Hadagali) in the united Ballari district.

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Congress guarantees designed for grabbing 85% commission, says PM Narendra Modi

Congress was in power from panchayat to Parliament when its own PM stated that, out of 1 rupee sent from Delhi, 85 paise would be eaten by middlemen, and only 15 paise would reach the actual beneficiary

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Leopard rescued from house at Kuppe near Sorab taluk

The Forest Department officials successfully rescued a leopard stuck inside a toilet of a house at Kuppe village in Sorab taluk on Saturday, April 28. The male animal, aged about four to five years, has been sent to the rescue centre at Hampi in Vijayanagara district.

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Salman Rushdie’s Victory City review: a storyteller at the height of his powers

Victory City is an epic chronicle of the rise and fall of Vijayanagar (the capital city of the historic southern Indian Vijayanagara empire), which acquires the name “Bisnaga” through ill-fated attempts at pronunciation by a Portuguese traveller.

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Bommai, Yediyurappa to launch ‘Jana Sankalpa Yatra’ tomorrow

Basavaraj Bommai would have yatra-related events in Maski in Raichur, Kushtagi in Koppal, Hoovinahadagali and Hospet, the district headquarters town of Vijayanagara, and Siriguppa in Ballari district

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