The temple draws several lakh devotees for the Maha Shivaratri festival, as well as during the month of Kartika on the Hindu calendar.

[3][4] Legend has it that Rama installed the lingam here to atone for the sin of killing Ravana (who was a bramhin by birth, but a demon by nature).

He selected this beautiful valley, surrounded by hills and verdant greenery, and ordered Hanuman to bring a lingam from Varanasi (the holy city of Kashi or Benares; believed to be Shiva's favourite place).

Many ruins of brick structures and Shiva Lingas were found on the hill north of the temple, and on a hillock near the water’s edge.

Some vestige remnants and rock-cut cisterns were found on the hills, an indication that Jainism and Buddhism flourished there simultaneously together.