Located near the confluence of the Son and Banas rivers, it is known for its 10th-century Shiva temple and monastery.

[1]: 69 The earliest evidence of human habitation at Chandreh consists of archaeological from the early and middle Neolithic period.

[1]: 69 In the 10th century, there was a wave of construction at Chandreh linked to the Shaivite sect known as the Mattamayūra.

An inscription in the monastery identifies it as being built (or completed) in March 973, on the orders of the Mattamayūra leader Prabodhashiva.

[2] The temple is made of sandstone and has a rather unique design, featuring a high raised foundation, a chaitya-like floor plan, and a shikhara decorated with a gavaksha motif also reminiscent of chaityas.