Photograph of the doorway of the Bileshwara temple at Hangal. It is built in the Hoysala style and located to the south of Hangal. It consists of an incomplete sanctuary facing east with the outer walls decorated with temple towers. The image shows the doorframe with elaborately carved jambs. At the lower end of each there are five carved figures. Kama or Manmatha, the god of love, is in the central projection and his wife Rati and the goat-headed god Daksha are at his side, both flanked by attendants. The other carved decoration consists of diamond shapes, square panels with serpents with intertwined tails, musicians, animals and foliage.
The photograph shows an enlarged section of the same doorway as shown in RCIN 2603934.

Hungul is a small town south of Hubli in Karnataka. It came to prominence under the Chalukyas of Kalyana who were the chief powers in the Deccan from the tenth to the twelfth centuries. The Chalukyas were prolific temple builders, renowned for their architectural innovations.