A village in the Gunupur subdivision is 94 kms from Raygada district. The Jagdamba hill nearby is abode to five Lord Shiva temples namely, Manikeswar, Dhavaleswar, Mallikeswar, Nilakantheswar and Podukeswar. Archaeological findings have revealed Buddhist connections of the place at Mallikeswar shrine, where the inscriptions are in the characters of the 7th century AD, preserving a small genealogy of three Buddhist Acharyas – Chandralekha, Bhaddhakhan and Dharmakirtti. The archaeological evidences indicate a monastery of Acharya Dharmakirtti flourished in the hill.