Dhanna Seth, a local Jain businessperson, started construction of the temple in the 15th century following a divine vision.

[6] The construction is well documented in a 1436 CE copper-plate record, inscriptions in the temple and a Sanskrit text Soma-Saubhagya Kavya.

Inspired by a dream of a celestial vehicle, Dharna Shah,[7] a Porwal from Ghanerao, commenced its construction in 1389, under the patronage of Rana Kumbha, then ruler of Mewar.

[9] There is an inscription on a pillar near the main shrine stating that in 1439 Deepaka, an architect, constructed the temple at the direction of Dharanka, a devoted Jain.

[10][1] When the ground floor was completed, Acharya Soma Sundar Suri of Tapa Gaccha supervised the ceremonies, which are described in Soma-Saubhagya Kavya.

However, according to the audio guide provided to visitors to the site, construction lasted fifty years (and involved 2785 workers).

[17] The Shikhara in the temple is symbolic of Mount Meru, the mountain which forms the axis of Jambudvipa with a preaching hall as the Samavasarana.

[4][27][28] The temple, with its distinctive domes, shikhara, turrets and cupolas rises majestically from the slope of a hill.

Inside the garbhagriha,[32] the moolnayak of this temple, there is a 6-ft. tall, white-coloured chaumukha idol of Adinath with four heads facing in four directions.

[4][29] Temple has a total of 84 bhonyra (underground chambers)[29] built to protect the Jain idols from the Mughals.

[23] The temple is famous for its beautiful carved idol of Parshvanatha made out of a single marble slab.

The last renovation was carried out at the beginning of the 20th century by Anandji Kalyanji Pedhi, which was appreciated by the Archaelogical Survey of India in their 1907-08 annual report.