It is the site of a well-preserved Śiva temple, a monument of national importance protected by the Archaeological Survey of India.

Udaypur's history reaches back to at least the ninth century, but it became famous and appears to have assumed its present name under the Paramāra king Udayāditya (c.

A short distance to the south of the Shiva temple is a mosque with an inscription recording its construction in the time of Islam Shah of the Sur Dynasty in 1549.

[7] The shows the continued importance of Udaypur on the north-south route to the Deccan in the time of the Suri rulers.

Directly east of Nīlakaṇṭheśvara is a large palace complex known as Shāhī Maḥal, which served as the residence of the local governor during the Mughal rule, completed in c. 1617–32 CE.