Akka Tangi Gudda
Sister Boulders, locally called the 'Akka-Tangi Gudda'. Once this formed a natural archway on the path to Hampi. The photograph was taken before this leaning boulders collapsed. Note the faultline visible on the right boulder. You can see this on the way to the Hampi village from Kamalapura. Located just after the junction where the diversion to the Underground Shiva Temple and Noble Men's Quarters are located.
Sister Boulders, locally called the 'Akka-Tangi Gudda'. Once this formed a natural archway on the path to Hampi. The photograph was taken before this leaning boulders collapsed. Note the faultline visible on the right boulder. You can see this on the way to the Hampi village from Kamalapura. Located just after the junction where the diversion to the Underground Shiva Temple and Noble Men's Quarters are located.
T
hese are two giant boulders leaning against each other, making an archway like formation. You can find them on the left side of the main road when you go from the Underground Shiva Temple towards Hampi village square. The road almost passes through under the stones. Akka-Thangi Gudda means ‘sister stones’ in the local language.There are many variants of the local folklore how these boulders came into existence. According to one such has it that these they were two sisters and they became stone as a curse when they ridiculed the place.
In the recent past one of the boulders developed a fissure and partly collapsed. It's attributed to the increased vehicular traffic that passes by these twin boulders.
Akka Tangi Gudda by the road to Hampi
The large boulder in the background , almost projecting on to the road to Hampi is popularly called Akka Tangi Gudda, the sister boulders. The picture was taken from the deviation to the Underground Siva Temple from the Hampi main road.
Akka Tangi Gudda ('Sister Boulders') in Hampi
This picture was taken before the boulder was collapsed in 2011. Note the fissure on the right boulder. Over the years the boulder cracked along this fissure and partly collapsed.
Akka Tangi Gudda by the road to Hampi
Akka Tangi Gudda
The large boulder in the background , almost projecting on to the road to Hampi is popularly called Akka Tangi Gudda, the sister boulders. The picture was taken from the deviation to the Underground Siva Temple from the Hampi main road.
Akka Tangi Gudda ('Sister Boulders') in Hampi
Akka Tangi Gudda on the way to Hampi
This picture was taken before the boulder was collapsed in 2011. Note the fissure on the right boulder. Over the years the boulder cracked along this fissure and partly collapsed.