A Krishna Temple with an image carved from single block of black marble, Nathdwara has a history that is only a few centuries ago. Faced by Aurangzeb’s persection, Goswami Dev carried this particular idol from Mathura in a Chariot, seeking to bring it to Udaipur. However, a wheel of the Chariot got stuck in the sand and toil as they would, the people could not pull it out. Seeing it as an act of divine will, it was decided that the image of the Lord would be consecrated on the very spot and so temple of Shrinathji came to be.

At the temple, glimpses of the idol are permitted for short intervals at fixed times of the day, and it is believed that the faithful see him in different moods associated with his life. The curtain cloths behind the idol have also given rise to one of the better known art forms of Rajasthan, its famous cloth paintings or pichwais. The ruling house of Udaipur has always come to pray at the Temple, and as the head of his clan, it is not surprising that the Maharana is also known as Shriji among his people. Nathdara is only 45 Km from Udaipur.