[3] Bhadravati is a historic city and in the contemporary era, it is a steel producing center in west-central Karnataka.

The Lakshminarasimha temple is located to the north of the town and the east bank of the Bhadra river.

[5] The porch consists of an awning supported by lathe turned half pillars and parapets on either side.

[7] With regards to outer wall decoration, what Hardy calls "two tier", the art historian Gerard Foekema designates as the "old style" with two sets of eves: one eaves runs around the temple where the superstructure meets the outer wall of the shrines, below which are miniature decorative towers on pilasters (called aedicula).

According to Brown, the stellate form of the base of the shrine with its projections and recesses is carried through the tower giving it a "fluted effect".

[7] Brown states that these lathe turned pillars with four brackets above are a signature style of the 11th-13th century Chalukya-Hoysala architectural idiom.