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Karnatic temple architecture, style of architecture employed largely in the Karnātaka (formerly Mysore) area of southern India. Closely allied to the South Indian style, it developed a distinctive idiom in the mid-12th century under the Hoysaḷa dynasty.
The temples of this dynasty are characterized by multiple shrines around a central hall and above all by the extreme exuberance of the sculpture and ornamental decoration. The high plinths of the temples are elaborately covered with horizontal bands of floral and animal motifs, separated from one another by deeply shadowed recesses; a series of divine and semidivine figures each under its own foliated canopy ... (100 of 203 words)
Aspects of the topic Karnatic temple architecture are discussed in the following places at Britannica.
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