Next to the Virupaksha temple in a few metres is the sprawling Madhava perumal temple. It is associated with the birth of Pey Alwar one of the earliest alwars. Bhrigu muni had his ashram nearby and Srilakshmi was born as his daughter and the Lord married her and stayed at this place.
It is a very old temple 
There is a four pillared mantapam with exquisite carvings in front of the temple
There is a nice pattern in the roof with stone slabs arrangement
As seen partially below there are carvings in al the pillars on all the four sides
As you enter the main sannidhi is seen in front
The main sanidhi has Madhava perumal in the seated posture with Amrithavali thayar (Sri devi) and Bhoo devi flanking him. The utsavar has varaha moorthy also, The foreground vimanam is the temple for Pey alwar. The mandapam pillars in front of the main sannidhi has lots of carvings
There is a separate sannidhi to the south west for Amrithavali thayar you can see the thayar sannidhi in the centre below
next to this sanidhi is the sannidhi for bhoovarahamurthy with bhooma devi
and to the north west is the sannidhi for Rama Seetha , Lakshmana and anjaneya you can see this below 
There is a Kulam to the right of the main sannidhi and thayar sanidhi and a mandapam with lots of carvings enroute to the thayar sannidhi. The kulam is the pushkarini
At the southwest corner there is a small sannidhi for a cute Bala Anjaneya (seen as the bulb on the left hand side in the pic below).
All in all an old and Vibrant temple
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