The central shrine on the contrary is highly visible from the outside because of its tower, and the sukhanasi that projects prominently from the tower. Rather, they appear absorbed into the walls of hall. Since the lateral shrines have no tower over them and are directly connected to the hall without a vestibule and its corresponding tower like projection, they do not appear like shrines at all from the outside. The lateral shrines are connected directly to the hall while the middle shrine has a vestibule that connects the sanctum (cella) to the hall. The closed hall is preceded by an open porch. It is a trikuta (three shrined), though only the middle shrine has a superstructure (tower or sikhara) and a sukhanasi (nose or tower over the vestibule ) The three equal size shrines are all square in plan and are connected by a common closed hall ( mantapa). The temple plan is simple and commonly found in other Hoysala temples.
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