🔸It was built between 1490 and 1509 by Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu I, a Pemmasani Nayaka chieftain of the Gutti-Gandikota region during the reign of the Vijayanagara Empire.
🔸The temple has seven small independent pillars in front of the Vishnu shrine and when struck they produce ‘saptaswara’ (the seven musical notes).
🔸The gopurams of the temple are unfinished and were described by architectural historian James Anderson as ‘wonders’.