The construction of the temple was originally planned and initiated by Hutheesing Kesarisinh, a wealthy trader of Ahmedabad.

Building the temple employed hundreds of skilled artisans which supported them for a period of two years.

[4] The main gateway porch features architectural elements of wooden haveli including decorated walls, carved balustrades, overarching balconies, chabutras and jalis.

The large protruding porches have ornate columns and brackets with figures on three outer sides.

[7][8][5][4] The temple is dedicated to Dharmanatha, the fifteenth Jain Tirthankara, whose marble image is housed in the central sanctum.

[5] The principal temple houses eleven deities, six in basement and five in three bay sanctuary.

[7] The principal temple is surrounded by an open courtyard with a colonnaded cloister with 52 devakulikas (secondary shrines), each containing an image of a deity.