Lakshminarayana Temple ,Hosaholalu is situated in the Mandya district of Karnataka.This village of old gazetteers is not much sparkling. The earliest inscription found here is dated from twelfth century CE which suggests that it was under the rule of the Hoysala Vishnuvardhana.This taluk has a number of temples constructed between the 11th and 14th centuries under the rule of the Hoysala Empire and is thus referred to as the 'Hoysala Motherland' temples. A prime example of this distinctive architectural style is the Lakshmi Narayana temple.
The temple as a whole exhibits the "modern style" and belongs to the 2nd phase of the construction operation of Hoysala (13th century), with two sets of eaves at the base of the outer wall and six mouldings.The first eave is positioned where the superstructure meets the outside wall of the temple and the second eave extends across the temple and the first eave is about a metre below it.
Most of the depictions of a Vaishnava temple depict some kind of Hindu god Vishnu, his consort and his attendants. There are twenty-four Vishnu sculptures standing upright carrying the four attributes, a conch, a wheel, a lotus and a mace in all possible permutations in his four arms.
The six horizontal mouldings are intricately sculptured and are called friezes, the third frieze has depictions of Hindu epics and other mythological and puranic tales recounted in the clockwise direction,The Ramayana begins from the southern shrine 's western corner and the Mahabharata begins from the central shrine's northern edge, vividly describing the defeat of many heroes.
The mukha-mandapa is a modern structure that was probably constructed two centuries earlier. This mandapa is supported in twelve compartments by pillars dividing it. Navaranga has nine compartments, divided by the four central lathe-turned pillars supporting the central ceiling.
Hosaholalu is about 57 kilometres from Mysore, 35 kilometres from Channarayapatna, 71 kilometres from Hassan. Mysore is the nearest big city linked to other major stations by rail and air.