Hampi bazaar eviction - in pictures

The Virupaksha temple at the end of the Hampi bazaar. In the foreground are buildings painted with red crosses marking them out as places from which the residents would be evicted
Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

Children walk through a temporary campsite for people evicted from the Hampi bazaar. More than 300 people living here have been evicted and their homes and businesses demolished as part of a plan to restore the site to its 15th century condition. Modern structures have been removed to leave the original stone-built pavilions Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain the Observer

Galappa, 34, in the ruins of his former home Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

A former barber's shop next to the Hampi bazaar Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

Naga Raj, 26, whose family ran a restaurant in the bazaar Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

A shop earmarked for demolition
Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

Kenchamma, a peanut seller, used to live in the Hampi bazaar and sold peanuts to pilgrims, earning about 50 pence a day. She has now been evicted and is living in a temporary campsite. She is too frail to walk at the bazaar, so now tries to sell to her fellow evacuees
Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain/Gethin Chamberlain for The

Former residents of the Hampi bazaar Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

P.Hussen, a tour guide, stands outside the wreckage of his home Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

A girl looks at the remains of homes and businesses Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for The Observer

Parwatama, 60, sells clothes to tourists and pilgrims visiting the temple complex, but she is now facing eviction Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer

A red cross painted on a building in the Hampi bazaar marking it out as a place from which the residents would be evicted Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for The Observer