Krishna temple

The Krishna temple, is about 1 kilometre south of Virupaksha temple. It was completed in 1515 CE during the Krishnadev Raya period. In front of the ruined temple is a long market street, also referred to locally as the bazaar. The bazaar had series of stone columns beautifully arranged at regular intervals. Between the stone shop ruins is a broad road that allowed chariots to transport goods to and from the market, and hosted ceremonial functions and festive celebrations. To the north of this road and middle of the market is a large Pushkarani—a public utility-stepped water tank with an artistic pavilion in its centre. Next to the tank is a mandapa for people to sit.

The temple opens to the east; it has a gateway with reliefs of all ten avatars of Vishnu starting with Matsya at the bottom. Inside is the ruined temple for Krishna and small, ruined shrines for goddesses. The temple compound is layered into mandapas, including an outer and an inner enclosure. The compound has two gopuram entrances. The original image of Balakrishna or baby Krishna in its sanctum is now in a Chennai museum. The western gopuram has friezes of battle formation and soldiers.