 Although controversial, the work sheds useful information on contemporary religious beliefs.Kereya Padmarasa, a Veerashaiva poet patronised by King Narasimha I, wrote "Dikshabodhe" in the "ragale" metre in 1165.He would later become the protagonist of a biographical work called "Padmarajapurana" written by his descendant Padmanaka in c. 1400.