 It is called Bete-Ranganatha and depicts Vishnu standing in samabhanga holding chakra and sankha in his back hands and arrow in his front hands with a low Garuda pedestal below him and a consort in relievo on the prabhavali on each side.To its south-west is a small shrine dedicated to Bhutappa which contains the head of the god whose tongue projects out of his mouth.NH 369 passing through Channagiri and it connects between Chitradurga and Shivamoga.