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It is the building style developed under the rule of the Hoysalas between 11th and 14th century and is mostly concentrated in southern Karnataka.
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Hoysala temples are sometimes called hybrid or vesara as their unique style seems neither completely dravida nor nagara, but somewhere in between.
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They are easily distinguishable from other medieval temples by their highly original star-like ground-plans and a profusion of decorative carvings.
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The temples, instead of consisting of a simple inner chamber with its pillared hall, contain multiple shrines grouped around a central pillared hall and laid out in the shape of an intricately-designed star.
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The most characteristic feature of these temples is that they grow extremely complex with so many projecting angles emerging from the previously straightforward square temple, that the plan of these temples starts looking like a star, and is thus known as a stellate-plan.
