But over time additions have been designed and copied throughout temple sites to produce, with the 10th century CE, a canonical architectural model. The most obvious of such functions have been a portico entrance ( Exterior wall reliefs at Hoysaleswara Temple. The temple was twice sacked and plundered by the https://adelaidefamoushindutemple.blogspot.com/2025/03/shani-dev-temple-sacred-space-for.html