The original temple dedicated to an unknown deity was very old, estimated to be of the Rashtrakuta Period from the 7th to 11th centuries.

According to an anecdote, during the early Turkish invasions, the idol of the deity was thrown into the Godavari River by the Temple Brahmins to save it.

It is claimed that once Odhekar had a dream that the statue of Rama in black color was in the Godavari River.

Somehow a protester named Bhaskar Kendre broke the police cordon who were protecting the temple and enter in it and fell on the floor.

[4] The main entrance has a black idol of Hanuman.There is also a very old tree that has Dattatreya's footprint impressions marked on a stone.

Also, the temple has 84 pillars, which represents cycle of 84 lakh species one has to go in order to get human birth.