In Kumarapal Pratibodha of Somaprabhacharya, composed in Vikram Samvat 1241, states the local Buddhist king Veni Vatsaraja and a 2nd century CE Jain monk Khaputacharya had built a temple for goddess Tara and thus the town was named Tarapur.

[1] The hill is for the most part covered with brushwood and forest is, on the east and west, crossed by a road that lead to a plateau where stand the temples built of white sandstone and brick.

The major Ajitanatha temple was built by Chaulukya king Kumarapala (1143 - 1174) after he became a follower of Jainism under his teacher Acharya Hemchandra.

The temple is a fine example of Māru-Gurjara style, completed in 1161, which remains largely intact, and in religious use.

[5] The special times of pilgrimage are during the full moon in the months of Kartika and Chaitra (November and April).

The two hillocks named Kotishila and Siddhashila have shrines with idols of the Tirthankaras, Neminath and Mallinath dated Vikram Samvat 1292.

On the highest elevation of the three-peaked hill, there stands a "Tonk", a shrine built by Digambars, it houses a marble statue of the nineteenth Tirthankara, Mallinath.

Nearby cave, locally known as Jogida ni Gafa, has a relics of four Buddhist statues known as Dhyani Buddhas under the Bodhivriksha.

[1] In 2009, Gujarat State Archeology Department found 4 km long fortification southwest of Taranga hills.