The Channakeshava temple, also known as Vijayanarayana was built in A.D. 1117 by the Hoysala King Vishnuvardhana and is one of the most decorated Hoysala temples and is made over jagatiandhas a garbhagriha, antarala with sukanasa mahamandapa, and mukhamandap in north, east and south. While the sanctum is stellate, the mahamandapa and mukhamandapas are square in plan. Of the three mukhamandapas, only the eastern one has perforated screens and sculptured panels of royal personalities, a later addition in the time of Narasimha. Paintings of elephants, lions, horse riders and kirttimukha scrolls, and support the Chaturvimasati forms of Vishnu, Siva as Gajasuramardan Vamana, and Bali, Narasimha slaying Hiranyakashipu, Arjuna aiming at matsya-yantra, Rati and Manmatha can be seen here. 

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