The Kakatiya King, Rudra Deva built the Temple in 1163 A.D and the religious construction gets its name due to it being made out of a thousand pillars, all elaborately carved
ಕಾಕತೀಯ ಅರಸ ರುದ್ರ ದೇವ ಕ್ರಿ. ಶ. 1163 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಕಟ್ಟಡವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಿದನು