Lakshminarasimha Temple

The Lakshminarasimha Temple at Haranhalli, not far from the Hoysala capital of Dvarasamudra, is a triple-shrine Vishnu temple in the Vesara style. It and the nearby Someshvara Temple, dedicated to Shiva, were completed in the 1230s at the expense of three brothers, Peddanna Heggade, Sovanna and Kesanna.

Inscriptions show that the temple was first named after Keshava, a form of Vishnu, and only later took the name Lakshminarasimha. Its three sanctums hold images of Venugopala, Keshava and Lakshminarasimha. The building blends late Chalukya and early Hoysala features: a platform serving as a circumambulation path, a single tower over the central shrine, and walls lined with Vaishnava reliefs and miniature towers.