English: Hosaholalu an ancient agrahara, situated at a distance of two km east of Krishnarajapet is Hosaholalu, a great centre of the Hoysala period. The Lakshminarayana temple is a trikutachala having the Lakshminarayana image in the central shrine and with an antarala and a five-tiered vimana. The shrine to the right has the idol of Lakshminarasimha, but the shrine to the left is vacant now, but formerly had the image of Venugopala as is sculptured on the lintel. All the three shrines open to a common navaranga. In the devakostas of the navaranga, the sculptures of Ganapati and Mahisasuramardini areplaced. The pillars in Hoysala style are highly polished and on the brackets of the pillar are found the sculptures of beautiful damsels (the Madanikas), a unique feature of the Hoysala art. In front of the navaranga are the pillared sabhamantapa and the mukhamantapa. The temple is placed on a high platform or adhishthana having the richly carved friezes of elephant, horses, foliage, Puranic panel, makara (crocodile), swans etc. The wall has been divided in two stages. The lower stage of the wall is ornamented with the sculptures of gods and goddesses like Brahma, Vishnu, Lakshminarayana, Keshava, 24 forms of Vishnu, Paravasudeva, Yoganarasimha, Lakshminarasimha, Indra, Rama- Lakshmana, Harihara, Bhairava Bhairavi, Kali, Adhishakti, Govardhanadhari Krishna, Kalingamardana, Lakshmi, Natyasaraswati, etc. In the upper part of the wall is found the decorative motifs of single pillar, and dual pillar sikhara and devakoshtas and episodes of epics are carved out. Images of gods are found in some devakoshtas. Recently a Devi shrine has been is built to the leftside of the temple. There are no inscriptions giving details regarding the temple, but stylistically this temple can be assigned to the 13th century.