Aihole has been a piece of Hindu legends. It has a characteristic hatchet molded stone on the Malaprabha waterway bank north of the town, and a stone in the stream shows an impression. Individuals likewise accept that this spot has incredible criticalness in Ramayana. 

It is associated with rishi Gautama and Ahilya occasion in the epic. This is the explanation that the spot is called Aihole.  Parashurama, the 6th Vishnu symbol, is expressed in these legends to have washed his hatchet here subsequent to murdering harsh Kshatriyas who were abusing their military forces, giving the land its red color. 

A nineteenth-century neighborhood custom accepted that rock impression in the waterway were those of Parashurama.