File:Ketapai Narayana temple, Bhatkal, Karnataka.jpg

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Bhatkal is a small town in the Kanara region of the northwestern Karnataka. It was a large historic trading hub during the Vijayanagara era, a period that witnessed the construction of numerous Jain and Hindu temples. It is notable for its unique style of Hindu and Jain architecture that is not in Vijayanagara style, but is an evolution in the Chalukyan style adapted to periods of heavy monsoon rains and humid environment.

The Kanarese architecture is best compared to the wooden temples with sloping tiered roof found in Nepal and Himachal Pradesh, but made with stone in Kanara. To help cooler air circulate, the architects used stone jali (perforated screens). This style is illustrated by three temples and over a dozen ruins near Bhatkal, all from 12th to 16th century. The Ketapai Narayana, Chandranathesvara Jain and Santappa Tirumal are the better preserved temples near Bhatkal. Some of the temple ruins such as pillars from are found near the Sultani masjid which used the broken Jain and Hindu temple parts as masonry.

The Ketapai Narayana temple is a small west facing Hindu temple with sloping stone-tiled roof surrounded by open colonnade to support the roof. The temple consists of two squares, measuring 34 feet by 17 feet. One 17x17 section is the mandapa, while the other includes a square sanctum surrounded by covered pradakshinapatha. The ceiling and mandapa has Vaishnava artwork, of which the most notable are the Krishna lila scenes – Krishna playing flute charming all animals and humans, Krishna stealing clothes of bathing girls, etc. The temple's Ramayana scenes on the plinth panels are also notable.

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