This 7th-century-old buddhist temple makes Padmapur a tourist center of Rayagada district.

[3] Recently a small cemented front hall has been added to the original structure.

Padma Shri Dr. Satyanarayana Rajguru, an eminent historian and epigraphist,[4] relying on a buddhist inscription found on one of the rocks of the temple, identifies that the temple once housed the buddhist logician-philosopher, Dharmakirti.

[5] It is the only Buddhist monastery in Rayagada district of the Indian state of Odisha.

Visitors and devotees visit this place, the special day being Tuesday.