Many tourists, especially from Israel and Europe, who visit Hampi stay at Sanapur, which too has towering ruins and a famous Hindu temple. "Overall, about 100,000 or more foreign tourists visit the area every year,'' says Virupaksha V Hampi, general secretary of the Karnataka tourist guides' association.

Police in southern India have arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman.

The two women - an Israeli and her homestay operator - were stargazing along with three male travelers, an American and two Indians, in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night, police official Ram L.