This temple is associated with a legend that says that Lord Krishna took the form of a poor man and challenged the king of the region to a game of chess, and Krishna asked for a prize if he won, a quantity of rice determined using a chessboard, as each square on the chess board was paired with a specified number of grains of rice When passing through the square, the number was constantly doubling. And when Krishna won, the king discovered that he would not be able to repay his bet, because the number of grains of rice that resulted from the game exceeded the trillion. This tradition is still valid until the present time, whereby all visitors to the place are served rice with milk. This temple is visited by millions of visitors every year because it is associated with one of the most famous legends in the world.