Namaskar Anucarh,
From what I understand there are several and each is a little different, and I think one might actually still be active. They're all good choices, I agree.
It is quite large, yes, and busy.I googled this temple after reading your comments. It looks absolutely incredible! It must be enormous as well, judging from the photos.
Here are a series of slideshows from Somanathapura Chennakeshwara Temple. I'm sorry it took so long for me to get them together, I hadn't really curated the photos I took yet, this was a great chance to do so. This Temple is a ruin after a Muslim invasion, but rather than being completely destroyed, it was mostly buried, so there's a lot intact and it has been slowly been being restored.
Because it's inactive people are allowed to take pictures inside the sanctums as well as outside the Temple.
Keshava Yard
Main Gate and Entry Area
Temple Compound
Main Hall and Antechamber
Sri Chennakeshava Shrine
Sri Janadhara Shrine
Sri Venugopala Shrine
Keshava Temple Exterieor
I still need to organize what I have for Ranganathaswami Temple, but there are far fewer of those as it's an active temple. Will post them when I've got them in order.
~Pranam
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