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.

The two women were reportedly stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in Hampi, Karnataka, when they were attacked.

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