Sri Krishna Temple

This is a beautiful temple with lovely architecture. There is a big pond opposite to the temple. The entrance is massive structure with a tower. The ruined Krishna's inside the temple is now at Madras museum. The hall in the entrance of the temple is having some ceiling which is in turn having provision for hanging garlands flowers etc. Very very beautiful meticulous carving and you have to see to believe it. This temple is again on a pedestal.

A beautiful temple dedicated to Balkrishna is now partially in ruins but still have some beautiful sculptures carved at pillars and huge entrance gate of temple.opposite this temple is big market place of ancient times known as Krishna bazar.

Another huge temple in Hampi, without an idol nor regular rituals being conducted.
The temple is believed to have been consecrated in 1513, when an idol of Bala Krishna was brought back by the King Krishna Deva Raya from Udayagiri in present-day Odisha, during one of his campaigns.
The main hall has several pillars, one of which is unique, because it has the images of all the avatars of Lord Vishnu carved onto it.

A beautiful Sri Krishna temple with spectacular architecture. Though it is in ruins now you can see the beautiful architecture of the temple.

This temple was built by the king (Krishnadevaraya) in 1513 AD to celebrate the conquest of the eastern kingdom of Udayagiri or Utkala (in the present day Orissa state).
The main idol installed in the temple was the figure of Balakrishna (Lord Krishna as infant). This idol is now displayed in the state museum at Chennai. A huge slab installed inside the courtyard of the temple states the story of this temple and the conquest of Ulkala.This is one of the must see sites in Hampi. The carvings are especially spectacular with the Yalis (the mythical lion) on the pillars and the entrances to the temple hall flanged with impressive carvings of elephant balustrades.
Many small shrines and pillared halls adorn the campus. The temple kitchen is located at the south east of the main shrine.
The main tower at the east is an impressive sight with numerous carvings on it (now the tower is under restoration work). You can see the carvings of the 10 incarnations of Lord Vishnu in this temple.
This is one of the few temples where the epic stories carved on the walls of the tower. This is fairly an intact specimen of a Vijayanagara era temple.
The main temple hall The main road to Hampi passes through the temple campus. You can spot a small pavilion with a rectangular stone container in front of the temple across the road.This was used to store grains for the ritual purpose in the temple festivals. The position and design of the vessel suggests devotees used to donate food grain as offering at the temple.
The main temple hall Further east outside the temple you can see a long hall like structure. On the right (south) of it are the banana plantations. The left area is mostly a rocky landscape. This was actually the high street (the chariot street) once led to the temple called the Krishna Bazaar.
The long pavilions were shops in the market street. If you walk along these long structures, you would reach the impressive temple pond called Kalyani , with structures around and at the middle of the tank.
The temple tank is now not in use. The nearby agricultural places use water from the tank. The chariot street mentioned in fact terminates at a series of wide steps in front of the main temple campus, probably the only such chariot street in Hampi.Near the west gate of the temple campus you can spot a narrow passage leading to a large rectangular building. Made in Islamic style architecture this was probably a granary attached to the temple. A narrow flight of steps just behind the granary can give you access to the top for a vantage view.
No admission fee. Photography OK, no fee!. You 30-60 minutes for this temple. Very easily accessible as this is located at the side of the main road.
Visit this as part of your Hampi Itinerary Route-1 , on the way to the Lakshmi Narasimha Temple after the sightseeing at Hemakuta Hill. Ahead of the Krishna Temple is the Krishna Bazaar.
A good sight of the topography of this temple can be had from the southern part of the Hemakuta hilltops.

The architecture of the temple and exquisite carvings are quite amazing. Lots of positive energy and vibrations in and around the temple along with the sacred pond and krishna bazaar.

The Krishna temple, also called Balakrishna temple, on the other side of Hemakuta hill, is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) south of Virupaksha temple. It is dated to 1515 CE; this part of the Hampi complex is called Krishnapura in inscriptions. In front of the ruined temple is a long market street, also referred to locally as the bazaar. Between the colonnaded stone shop ruins is a broad road that allowed chariots to transport goods to and from the market, and hosted ceremonial functions and festive celebrations. To the north of this road and middle of the market is a large Pushkarani—a public utility-stepped water tank with an artistic pavilion in its centre. Next to the tank is a public hall (mandapa) for people to sit.

Shiva linga (left) and fierce Yoga-Narasimha monoliths carved in-situ. Narasimha is damaged, his pedestal has burn marks.
The temple opens to the east; it has a gateway with reliefs of all ten avatars of Vishnu starting with Matsya at the bottom. Inside is the ruined temple for Krishna and small, ruined shrines for goddesses. The temple compound is layered into mandapas, including an outer and an inner enclosure. The compound has two gopuram entrances. Inside, a 25 (5x5)-bay open mandapa leads to a 9 (3x3)-bay enclosed mandapa. The original image of Balakrishna (baby Krishna) in its sanctum is now in a Chennai museum. A modern road passes in front of the eastern gopura, linking Kamalapuram to Hampi. The western gopuram has friezes of battle formation and soldiers.

South of the Krishna temple's exterior are two adjacent shrines, one containing the largest monolithic Shiva Linga and the other with the largest monolithic Yoga-Narasimha avatar of Vishnu in Hampi.[70] The 3 metres (9.8 ft) Shiva Linga stands in water in a cubical chamber and has three eyes sketched on its top. South of this is the shrine for a 6.7 metres (22 ft)-high Narasimha—the man-lion avatar of Vishnu—seated in a yoga position. The Narasimha monolith originally had goddess Lakshmi with him, but it shows signs of extensive damage and a carbon-stained floor—evidence of attempts to burn the shrine down. The statue has been cleaned and parts of the shrine have been restored.

When I visited this place, there was a movie/Bharathanatyam dance shooting going on and apart from the crew, there were hardly any people.

This temple, as any other temple in Hampi is an architectural marvel of 15th century. It takes us back in time.