 According to legends a sadhu named Gopal Giri, from Badri Narayan, established a Kali temple in Shahbag in the 13th century.Called "kaathgarh" at the time, it eventually became the Ramna Kali Mandir.Iti s also said that Kedar Rai of Bikrampur, one of the Baro-Bhuyans, apparently built a Kali temple on the site in the late 16th century, and the main temple was built by Haricharan Giri in the early 17th century.