Inscription in the courtyard of Ganigitti temple.

Inscription in the courtyard of Ganigitti temple. It says the temple was commissioned in 1386 AD by Irugappa, a general of Harihara II.

Jains were a prosperous and influential in the Vijayanagara period. Irugappa one of the trusted generals of Harihara II commissioned the curiously named temple called Ganigitti temple (the Oil-woman's temple). The inscription is located near the lamppost in the courtyard of the temple.