As a video of a person pushing pillars of the temple ruins, reportedly in Hampi, surfaced, social media outrage followed with people demanding an increase in the security at the UNESCO World Heritage Site, as reported by The New Indian Express.

The video shared by a local quickly went viral and sparked outrage against the miscreants. Following the outrage, the police also inspected the site on Saturday (2 February).

"This is clearly Hampi. It is a temple of Vishnu behind the famous elephant stable and Lotus Mahal. The tourists need to be more responsible and monuments should be protected constantly," said a local.