Built during the Gupta period, around 500-525 CE, during the reign of Kumaragupta I or his successors. The shrine stands on the bank of the Betwa river, which encircles the site on three sides. It is part of a larger complex of Gupta-period temples at Deogarh, and the whole group is guarded by the Archaeological Survey of India under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act.
The temple was first documented by British archaeologist Alexander Cunningham in the 1870s. In February 2025 India placed the monument on its UNESCO tentative list as one component of the Serial nomination of Gupta Temples in North India.
