The temple is built in the 18th regnal year of the Somavamsi king Udyotakesari by his mother Kolavati Devi, which corresponds to 1058 CE.

[1] Historians place the temple to belong to the late 11th century as ascertained from an inscription carried to Calcutta from Bhubaneswar.

The inscription indicates that the temple was built by Kolavatidevi, the mother of Somavamsi king Udyota Kesari.

[2] The temple is built with traditional architectural methods of wood carving, but applied on stone building.

[3] The Brahmeswara shows quite a bit of affinity with the much earlier Mukteswar Temple, including the carved interior of the Jagmohana, and in the sculptural iconography such as the lion head motif, which appeared for the first time in the Mukteswara, and is here evident in profusion.

There are also quite a number of tantric-related images, and even Chamunda appears on the western facade, holding a trident and a human head, standing on a corpse.