[3] The temple is believed to have been the home of the pious wife Anusuya and the sage Atri, who attained siddhi by appeasing the holy mother Sri Rajarajeshwari.

The triple deities of Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswathi appeared to him there during a period of profound meditation, and a bodyless voice (Asarira vani) urged him to travel to Karnataka.

It has an open hall with pillars (Mukha Mantapa), a porch (antarala), an elevated sanctum (garbha griha), a large circumambulatory pathway (Pradikshina patha), and an inner courtyard.

A lovely six-foot-tall stone figure of the Divine Mother Sri Jnanakshi Rajarajeshwari may be found inside the sanctum sanctorum (garbha griha).

The temple is renowned for its Navarathri Celebrations and Brahmotsavam, where Chandi Homa is performed daily as priests recite the Vedas and Saptashati.