The current structure of the temple was built in 1787 with the help of Sardar Vitthal Shivdev Dani at a cost of about £45,000 (Rs.

The western door is fortified like Shaniwar Wada and has thirty three steps leading up to the temple.

There are two murtis (icons) of Narasimha in the main temple, one is made of sand and the other of black stone.

In the year 1739, Bajirao Peshwa's younger brother Chimaji Appa captured Vasai from the Portuguese Empire and took the four church bells to Pune.

They are of Laxmi, Prahlad, Ganesh, Dattatreya, Bhimashankar, Vitthal Rukmini, Raghavendra Tirtha, Shakambhari, Kashi Vishweshwar, Bhairava and Rameshwar.