Location  Kesariyaji Jain temples is situated at a distance of sixty five kilometers from Udaipur (Rajasthan). The nearest railway station to Kesariyaji is at distance of 11 kilometers and the city of Udaipur is at a distance of 66 kilometers from this temple. It is the most popular Jain centres and the important Jain centres in Mewar region in Rajasthan. The main deity in the temple is the  idol of Bhagawan Adinath in the 
Padmasana posture . Bhagwan Adinath idol is about 42 inches high and  black colored. It is said that the  adivasi Bhils livening in this region , discovered a black stone-image of Rishabha hidden in a tree. The  Jains believes that the image belongs  to the time of Rama and Sita. The temple is dedicated to Lord Rishbdev, the first Jain Tirthankara.

The temple is very artistic. Its pinnacles, arches, doors, walls are very artistic, beautiful and fascinating. The fifty two pinnacles of the temple are seen from a long distance. A fair is held here every year on the eighth day of the dark half of the month of Falguna.  Bhils, call this idol by the name Kalababa. Since centuries, there is a custom of giving saffron to God as a gift. Sometimes so much saffron is plastered on God, that God looks saffron - colored. People, therefore, call God Kesariyanath.  

The temple was repaired in the 14th and 15th centuries and the oldest inscription found on the temple is that of 1424 AD. The altar of the temple was built in the 14th century. Just before the courtyard and in front of the main temple there is an idol of Marudevi Mata, the mother of Lord Rikhabdev, seated on a marble elephant. There is also a temple of Bhagawan Jagvallabh Parshvanath. The Charan are found in the ancient small temple under a tree outside the village. It is said that the idol of God appeared here.