English: Some relief works and statues in Hindu temples such as Kesava temple include Jain themes (above a Jina in standing meditation posture). Many Hindu and Jain temples and their artwork were damaged when Hoysala Empire and capital was destroyed in 14th century by Delhi Sultanate. Above a collage of images from the small shrines corridor at the Kesava temple in Somnathpur Karnataka. The temple has 64 small shrines in its courtyard.

The Chennakesava temple, also called Kesava or Keshava temple, is a Vaishnava Hindu temple.

It is located at Somanathapura (Somanathpur) in South Karnataka, in a small village on the banks of the river Cauvery, about 40 km from the city of Mysuru.

The temple is one of the finest examples of Hoysala architecture and testament to the sophistication of Hindu art and architecture by the 12th-century. Built by 1268 CE by a commander of Hoysala king Narasimha III, it illustrates fine carvings with extraordinary details.