In front of this temple stands a pillar with a rough inscription on its four sides. The south-east face of the pillar contains the name of “the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara rājādhirāja rājaparameśvara, the illustrious Vīra-Ve[ṅka]ṭapati[d]eva-mahārāya” and is dated in the Yuvan year, which was current after the expiration of the Śaka year 1557. An inscription of the same Veṅkaṭa II. of Karṇāṭa was published in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XIII, p. 125. It is dated one year later than the present inscription.