[3][4] According to inscriptions on Nishidhi stone, the site was popular among Jain acharyas to perform Sallekhana.

[note 1][7][8] There is a one-line sanskrit inscription at the base of the statue with characters from the early Eastern Chalukyas period.

[9] In 968 CE, Khottiga, Rashtrakuta empire, installed a panavatta for the Mahamastakabhisheka of Shantinatha.

[6] The temple enshrines a 10th-century 12 feet (3.7 m) idol of a five-hooded serpent Parshvanatha seated on a lotus shaped pedestal with carvings scroll ornaments and sculptures of elephants and crocodiles as vahanas.

[6] Various artefacts, inscriptions and sculptures discovered at the site are now placed inside Government Museum, Chennai.