One of the rows of shops in the many marketplaces of medieval Hampi.

a 15th century Persian visitor, said about the marketplaces: "Roses are sold everywhere. These people could not live without roses, and they look upon them as quite as necessary as food.. Each class of men belonging to each profession has shops contiguous, the one to the other; jewellers sell publicly in the bazaars pearls, rubies, emeralds, and diamonds."
The lowest panel shows elephants, the second has horses with grooms and the third has parading soldiers. Above these are dancers and musicians, and the top register shows the festivities of the Vasantotsava, or festival of spring. All the figures move in a clockwise direction towards the eastern gateway of the temple.
In the lower four panels, a seated royal figure can be seen to whom rows of men, women and animals are coming to pay homage. These registers display the power of the king, his wealth, his military forces and his queens. The upper-most register, that of the Vasantotsava celebrations, takes one to a world of celebration and the joy of life.
On the inner face of the enclosure wall and on the walls of the rangamandapa of the Ramachandra temple are depictions of episodes from the Ramayana. These friezes have the vitality that can be seen in the Mahanavami Dibba carvings.