According to Percy Brown and Gerard Foekema, these are standard features in a Hoysala temple. The closed hall has two lateral shrines, one in the north and the other in the south. To the east, the large hall opens onto the platform that is meant for clockwise Circumambulation by devotees since the inside of the temple does not provide any such feature. On the platform, the base of the temple (called "adhisthana") consists of moldings that take the stellate form of sanctum but become staggered square at the "mahamantapa". The outer wall of the shrine and the large hall are single pilastered turreted walls. The tower over the shrine ("shikhara") is plain without the typical ornamentation giving the temple as a whole an austere look. The temple gets its name from the "serene" ("lit", "Saumya") six feet tall image of "Keshava", a form of the Hindu god Vishnu that stands on a "garuda" (eagle) pedestal. The roof of the closed "mantapa" is supported by lathe turned pillars, a standard feature in Hoysala constructions. These pillars divide the ceiling into "bays" (four central pillars create 9 bays in the closed hall) that are exceptionally well treated.