Most people assume Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) was the first animated feature, but it was actually the first feature-length film animated with cels. El Apóstol, a 1917 Argentine silent film made with cutout animation, is considered the first animated feature, though it is now lost. The oldest surviving animated feature is The Adventures of Prince Achmed, a German cutout film from 1926. The confusion comes from Disney's film being the first to use the cel technique at feature length, which became the industry standard.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.