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The place was first located by Shri Barajabandhu Das who was a school teacher. Between the time period of 1971 and 1975, an excavation project was carried out at Kuruma by Odisha State Archaeological department. Before this time period, a stone slab was found here that contained an idol of Lord Buddha in bhumisparsha mudra. Apart from this, a couple of more statues were recovered near the pond. The finding of these statues led to the excavation period. It is said that once there existed a Buddhist Monastery which was also referred by Hiuen Tsang.

This Buddhist monastery has twelve blocks with a height of 34 meters each including three blocks in each cardinal direction. It also has Buddhist monks cells and a shrine chamber and a large courtyard with a shape of ‘Swastik’. Though the place is abandoned now, it is still worshipped by locals. At present, the site has a small temple with three Buddhist idols. The first is Buddha seating in a bhumisparsha mudra (crossed legs) with the left hand on the knee. Whereas, the other two are Padmapani Avalokiteshvara and Revanata that are places near the water tank. The locals of Kuruma worship all the three images as ‘Yamadharma’. The excavation was carried up to the average depth of 3 meters. Contemporary brick structures of the average size of 4.25 meters in length and 1.85 meters in height have been recovered from the two trenches.

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