[1] The temples were inscribed on the tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status in 2016 as the Nagarparkar Cultural Landscape.

[1] The region around Nagarparkar forms a zone of transition between the marshes and salt-flats of the Rann of Kutch, and the dry grounds of stabilized sand dunes and nearby pink-granite Karoonjhar Mountains.

[1] The remains of a number of Jain temples are popular tourist attractions and heritage sites in the region.

[6] The region was submitted by the Pakistani government in 2016 to be inscribed on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site status,[1] not only for its architectural value, but also as reflection of Jainism as part of a commercial community based on maritime trade,[1] and the effects of a changing natural environment around the region.

[9] The entire temple is built on a high platform that is reached by a series of steps carved into stone.

[11] According to Muni Darshanvijaya,[12] it was installed by Seth Godidas of Jhinjhuvad and was consecrated by Acharya Hemachandra at Patan in Samvat 1228.

According to the texts, a merchant 500 years ago named Manga Oswal from Nagarparkar had gone to Pattan to purchase some items.

[9] He was informed in a dream that an image was buried under the house of a local Muslim that Oswal was instructed to acquire.

[9] In his next dream, he was informed that underneath him lay marble and treasure,[9] and instructed him to recruit craftsmen to build a fine temple in which to worship the idol, which was bestowed with the name Gori.

The image was formally reconsecrated by Acharya Merutunga Suri of Anchala Gachchha, thus establishing the Gori Parshvanth Tirth, and the temple as a place of pilgrimage for Jains from afar.

The temple was damaged by British troops who tried to capture a Sodha chief who had led a local rebellion.

[9] During construction of a nearby road, workers accidentally discovered numerous Jain statues,[2] which were then placed by locals in the remaining abandoned temple,[2] while others were taken to the museum in Umerkot.

[2] The white marble mosque of Bhodesar is built in a style that was highly influenced by the architecture of nearby Jain temples.

[15] The landscape was submitted by the Pakistani government in 2016 to be inscribed on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2016.