[1] The area covered by their kingdom included territories in the Malenadu region as well as the coastal districts of Karnataka.

During this period, the Santara ruler Veera Pandya Bhairarasa erected the monolith of Bahubali in Karkala.

Jinadatta Raya or Jindutt Rai, a Jain prince from Mathura in Northern India was the supposed founder of the dynasty.

The Santaras built a number of Jain monuments and were responsible for the spread of Jainism in the Tulu Nadu and Malenadu region of Karnataka.

[1] They donated two villages for maintenance of Jain monks at Panchakuta basadi at Nagar taluq of Shimoga district.