The founder of the Mewar dynasty that ruled from Chittaurgarh, Bappa Rawal had a miraculous dream in which he prayed before as image of Shiva which resulted in removal of a problem that had been troubling him in his waking hours. He resolved then to build a temple to Shiva, and so the complex had its genesis, 24 Km north of Udaipur. Eklingji, this particulars manifestation of Shiva, has ever since been regarded as the true ruler of the Kingdom in whose name the maharanas governed Mewar and has been the tutelary deity of the Sisosdia Clan.

Eklingji consists of a complex of 108 Temples, coinciding with the number of beads in the rudraksh necklace that sadhus use for meditation. The Temple dedicated to Eklingji is the tallest of them all, its black stone idol a four faces that have four images in the cardinal directions of
Surya, Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra.

The Complex also has a life-size image of Bappa Rawal, and its  numerous temples have carved images of Ganesh, Ambamata, Kalika as well as other Shivalingas and brackets with images of celestial nymphs.