खुगा खुगा बुंनाय बायदिब्ला बेफोर मोदायनि मुसुखाया सन्त बायदि शंकराचार्यनि गेजेरजों 8 जौथायाव गायसननाय जादोंमोन ।
According to legend the statue of the main deity was set up by the saint Adi Shankaracharya in the 8th century .