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Tradition says
The monkey kingdom of the Ramayana; Rushyamuka and Matanga hills nearby are part of the same landscape.
Historians say
A village on the north bank, believed older than Hampi itself, and identified with Kishkindha of the Ramayana. Quieter, lived-in, with its own temples and the Chintamani math.