Raja Nrisinhadeb Roy of the Bansberia zamindar family laid the foundation stone of the temple in December 1799, and he died three years later with only the second storey finished. His widow Rani Sankari took over the work and completed the shrine in 1814, which is why the temple is credited to both of them. Marble was brought from Chunar near Varanasi, and skilled artisans were brought from the same region to work on the shrine.
The shrine is now protected as a heritage site by the Archaeological Survey of India.
