Kesava Shankara Pillai(31 July 1902- 26 December 1989),
better known as Shankar, was an Indian cartoonist.
The Kesava temple, Somnathpur, is a fine example of one of the
latest in the series of Hoysala creations.
Among the hundreds of Hoysala temples of greater or lesser merit, the most well known and typical are the Hoysalesvara among the many temples at Halebid, the Chennakesvara temple at Belur( both in Hassan district;
the two towns were the earlier and later capitals of the Hoysalas), and the Kesava temple at Somnathpur Mysore district.