▁AD . ▁The ▁Ho ys ala ▁r uling ▁family ▁was ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁a ▁powerful ▁fe ud atory ▁of ▁the ▁imperial ▁Western ▁Chal uk ya ▁Empire ▁ruled ▁by ▁King ▁Vik ram ad ity a ▁VI . ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁Arch ae ological ▁Survey ▁of ▁India , ▁the ▁architect ural ▁signature ▁of ▁the ▁temple ▁is ▁mainly ▁" Ch al uk yan ". ▁Art ▁historian ▁Adam ▁Hard y ▁class ifies ▁the ▁style ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁temple ▁as ▁" L ater ▁Chal uk ya , ▁non ▁main stream , ▁far ▁end ▁of ▁spectrum ". ▁The ▁building ▁material ▁used ▁is ▁soap stone ▁The ▁temple ▁is ▁protected ▁as ▁a ▁monument ▁of ▁national ▁importance ▁by ▁the ▁Arch ae ological ▁Survey ▁of ▁India . ▁ ▁Temple ▁plan ▁The ▁temple ▁has ▁a ▁single ▁square ▁sh aped ▁shr ine ▁( gar b h ag ri ha ) ▁with ▁an ▁east – west ▁orientation , ▁a ▁vest ib ule ▁that ▁connect s ▁the ▁san ct um ▁( cel la ▁or ▁v im ana ) ▁to ▁the ▁main ▁large ▁open ▁hall ▁( mu k ham ant apa ) ▁that ▁has ▁a ▁st agger ed ▁square ▁plan ▁and ▁can ▁be ▁entered ▁from ▁five ▁sides ; ▁two ▁later al ▁and ▁one ▁each ▁in ▁the ▁north , ▁south ▁and ▁east . ▁The ▁walls ▁of ▁the ▁shr ine ▁and ▁vest ib ule ▁stand ▁on ▁a ▁base ▁( ad is th ana ) ▁that ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁five ▁m old ings . ▁The ▁super structure ▁over ▁the ▁san ct um ▁is ▁four - t ier ed