Western Odisha (Kosalanchal) has allured almost all the religious cults and sects right from her hoary past, whether for her tribal majority or her affluent mercantile base or her spirit of assimilation, is really, exactly not known. The earliest of the off-shoots of Brahmanism, Jainism made its presence felt in the state as early as the 7th century B.C. Excepting for one historical phase during the reign of  Mahameghavahana King Kharavela, in the 1st Century B.C., Jainism has really never been the most popular religion of the state. However, unlike its counterpart, Buddhism, Jainism had never had a meteoric rise and then fall, rather it remained steadily popular amongst certain sections of Society, never undergoing euthanasia. The rigorous life style of the Jains, its syavada philosophy and the concept of ahimsa continued to influence certain groups of hard working people and the merchants. Since Jainism, as a faith, survived as a steady under current in Orissa since the 1st century B.C., it has left behind many remains both extrinsic and intrinsic.