According to local legends this monastery was built in the 13th century by king Dragutin. Scientific researches found that the monastery was actually built in 1622 on the remnants of the older monastery which was built in the 11th century.[2] The construction of the monastery has been completed on 25 June 1622.[3]
^"Manastir Pustinja" (in Serbian). Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
^"MANASTIR PUSTINJA sa crkvom VAVEDENJA PRESVETE BOGORODICE". www.manastiri.rs website. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2012. .Po predanju osnovan je u 13 veku u vreme srpskog krallja Dragutina.Nezavisno od legende današnji hram leži na temeljima još starijeg iz 11.veka.
^"Manastir Pustinja" (in Serbian). Valjevozavas.net website. Retrieved 7 September 2012. Iznad zapadnih vrata unutar crkve je natpis koji kaže da je gradnja započela u mesecu martu a bila završena 25. juna 1622. godine.
^Janićijević, Jovan (1998). The cultural treasury of Serbia. In terms of its spatial and architectural traits, the Church of the Virgin Mary of Uvac Monastery resembles the Church of the Annunciation Monastery at the foot of Mount Kablar, as well as some other shrines, such as Pustinja, Dobrilovina, Majstorovina, Tronoša and others.
