 There is one entry on the south side and two on the east side, facing two large detached open pavilions whose ceiling is supported by lathe turned pillars.The temple originally had an open "navaranga", wherein the "mantapa" pavilions were visible from outside shrines and the outside was visible to those in the mandapa.In the era of Hoysala king Narasimha I, the mantapa was closed, doors were added and perforated stone screens placed, according to an inscription found in the temple.