Badavi Linga

A step from the Narasimha monolith, a low stone chamber holds a three-metre Shiva linga (the stone form in which the god is worshipped), with its pedestal permanently under water, fed by an old channel off the Tungabhadra. The three eyes of Shiva are etched near the top. The name comes from badava, poor: tradition credits the linga to a poor peasant woman rather than to a king. Unlike most of the royal shrines around it, this one came through intact and is still worshipped, so voices stay low. Free, a few minutes alongside Narasimha.

The biggest linga in Hampi: five centuries with its base standing in water