 From inscriptions and signatures left behind by him on the master pieces he created, it is known that he built the Kesava temple at Somanathapura and worked on forty other monuments, including the Amruteshwara temple at Amruthapura in Chikkamagaluru district.Ruvari Malithamma specialised in ornamentation, and his works spanned six decades.His sculptures were usually signed in shorthand as "Malli" or simply "Ma".