The district’s Kannada account points to Chalukya lotus motifs and Hoysala lion emblems while leaving the temple’s exact original attribution unsettled. That is a more useful way to look than forcing the entire building into one stylistic label.
What the evidence supports
Why the official account preserves uncertainty instead of assigning every surface to one dynasty. This guide keeps the named subject separate from nearby places, uses current official or open-data sources for planning, and does not turn an old photograph into a promise about today’s access.
Read the place on its own terms
Spend time on the details that belong to Chalukya and Hoysala signs at Shambhulingeshwara. Ask before entering a worship, residential, institutional or working area, and describe traditions as traditions where documentary history does not settle the question.
Plan the return as carefully as the arrival
Check the current opening or access locally, use the linked official transport services for the travel date, and confirm the last return before leaving kundgol. Carry water where facilities are not documented and abandon the plan rather than using a closed gate, unsafe water edge or unverified shortcut.