Driving Destinations - Bangalore to Hampi and Badami : Route Chart

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DRIVING DESTINATIONS - Bangalore to Hampi and Badami

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	PLANNING THE TRIP
›	Planning for Hampi and Badami
›	Touring tips- Going Tubeless
›	The drive from Bangalore
›	Caution - if you're sightseeing alone
	SIGHTSEEING
›	Hampi - the glory of the empire that was
›	Seeing Hampi
›	Eating out in Hampi
›	Badami
	ROUTE
›	Route Chart
›	Quick Locator
›	Accommodation

Bangalore to Hampi and Badami
Total distance: 504.8km

Bangalore to Hampi 0.0 to 348.9km
Driving time (approx): 6.5 hours
Trip set point: Mekhri Circle, Bangalore

0.0 Mekhri circle. Continue straight on Prof C V Raman Road.
2.0 Traffic light junction. Continue straight.
3.1 Traffic light junction. Turn left onto bridge, following sign indicating Tumkur and Pune (NH 4).
5.9 Road junction. Continue straight.
8.6 Roundabout. Continue straight.
18.5 Road junction. Continue straight towards Tumkur.
20.5 Road junction. Continue stright towards Tumkur. Right goes to Nelamangala.
24.6 Crossroads. Continue straight. Right goes to Nelamangala and left goes to Mangalore.
27.0 Four-laning ends. Road is now a two-laner.
33.0 Traffic thins out.
46.2 Dobbspet town traffic conjestion. Right goes to Dodballapur.
47.2 Road junction. Continue straight. Right goes to Maddagiri.
55.7 Continue straight past Hirehalli village.
59.9 Fork. Bear left.
62.7 Tumkur fire station on left.
63.4 Fork. Bear right onto bypass. Left goes into Tumkur town.

Akshaya Auto Service
Mahaveer Oil Mills Compound
Sri Mahalakshmi Building
Sira Road
Tumkur 572106
Ph: 0816-8353 8413 (res)
114.2 Road junction. Continue straight towards Chitradurga. Left goes to Sira bypass (under construction).
117.2 Sira town.
118.0 Road junction. Continue straight. Right goes to Sira court.
156.7 Hiriyur town. Caution - trucks parked on road.
159.3 Road junction. Continue straight for Chitradurga.
196.0 Road checkpost. Truck traffic congestion. Caution.
196.4 Roundabout. Continue straight. Left goes to Chitradurga city and right goes to Challakere.
Principal Motor Works
JMIT NH 4, P O Box 73
Chitradurga 557502
Ph: 08194-2866

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199.3 Road junction. Turn right towards Sholapur for Hospet on NH 13. Straight goes to Pune.
Note: A part of the road on NH 13 is broken with uneven shoulders. Take care. You will not be able to maintain the speeds possible on NH 4. Also, villagers put crops onto the roads so that cars passing over them may thresh them.
243.0 Roads very bad here.
279.0 Fork. Bear left for Hospet. Right goes to Kudligi.
309.2 Fork. Bear right towards Hospet, Bijapur and Sholapur. Left goes to Harpanahalli, Harihar and Davangere.
Hegde Auto Centre
P B Road, Avangere
Davangere 577006
Ph: 08192-28864, 52208
311.6 Caution! Unmanned level crossing.
325.1 Manned level crossing.
325.6 Road junction. Tungabhadra Dam and garden on the left. Right goes to Sholapur and Bijapur. Continue on extreme right to Hospet town.
335.6 Hospet town.
Greenvalley Farm and Auto
V/745 Hampi Road
Hospet
Ph: 08394-8605
Note: The 13km road from Hospet to Hampi well marked.
348.9 Main market square. Hampi.

Hospet to Badami: 0.0 to 155.9km
Driving time (approx): 4 hours
Trip set point: Tungabhadra Dam and gardens.
0.0 Take NH 13 towards Bijapur and Sholapur.
0.7 Bridge across the river Tungabhadra.
2.5 Fork. Bear right towards Bijapur and Sholapur. Left goes to Munirabad police station.
9.1 Fork. Bear right towards Sholapur. Left goes to Belgaum.
9.9 Unmanned railway crossing.
16.6 Crossroads. Continue straight.
65.8 Kushtagi town crossroads. Continue straight. Right goes to Sindanur and left goes to Gajendragarh.
85.8 Ilkal road junction. Continue straight.
94.6 Road junction. Continue straight. Right goes to Raichur
97.5 Fork on road. Bear left towards Hungund town. Right bypasses town and goes to Bijapur and Sholapur.
99.5 Hungund town. From roundabout turn left towards Amingarh (SH 26).
Note: Roads are very narrow now. Take utmost care while travelling during dark. There are plenty of cyclists and tractors with no illumination whatsoever.
111.1 Amingarh.
111.7 Road junction. Continue straight. Left goes to Aihole.
Note: An early start from Hospet will allow you to visit Aihole from this junction and make it to Badami for lunch.
121.7 Cross bridge.
122.2 T-junction. Turn left for Badami. Right goes to Bagalkot.
Shakti Motors
Shakti Talkies Compound
Mahaveer Road
Bagalkot 587101
Ph: 08354-50072, 53124
131.4 Guledagud
132.3 Fork. Bear left. Right goes to Bagalkot.
132.3 Road junction. Turn left for Badami.
138.4 Turn left for Badami.
147.8 Road junction. Straight for Badami. Left goes to Pattadakal (14km).
150.3 Fork. Bear right for Badami.
155.9 Badami town.

Source

February 2002

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