17세기 초의 안동읍지인 『영가지(永嘉誌)』에는 불상 위로 기와지붕이 덮여 있었다고 하며 634년 창건되었다고 기록되어 있다.
In the Andong-eup chronicle "Yeonggaji" in the early 17th century, it is recorded that the top of the Buddha statue was covered with a tiled roof, and that it was founded in 634.