S1/E10: The Best Kept Secret in Hampi
At the entrance to Vali's cave, in the Kishkinda landscape near Hampi, Karnataka Watch the S1/E10 field reel: The best-kept secret in Hampi arrived in a steel plate. Not an inscription. Not a monument. Not a story carved into stone. Fresh buttermilk—poured directly from a large vessel at a goshala beside the entrance to the place identified locally as Vali's cave. Most visitors would never expect to find it here. We did not. Fresh buttermilk from the goshala The buttermilk was fresh from the cows at the goshala and served in the traditional way: poured directly into a plate and drunk from its edge. Fresh buttermilk being served into a steel plate at the goshala Our guide drank it first. He described it as the tastiest buttermilk in Hampi. After a hot afternoon in the Hampi–Anegundi landscape—climbing Anjanadri Hill, visiting Rishimukha and moving through the rocky terrain—it was exactly what we needed. Fresh. Cool. Completely unexpected. Our guide drinking fresh but...