This 60 feet high temple was opened in 1580 on a 50 feet hill called Aditya Tila, next to the Yamuna. Ram Das Kapoor paid to build the temple. One day a ship he owned, loaded with merchandise, went aground in the Yamuna. He was advised by Sanatana Goswami to pray to Madan Mohan for help. The ship came free and the owner of the ship made a big profit, which he used to built this temple.

The original Madan Mohan Deity was moved from Vrindavan to Jaipur when the Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb attacked Vrindavan in 1670. That Deity is now in Karoli, which is southeast of Jaipur in Rajasthan. There is a new Madan Mohan temple, built by Sri Nand Kumar Bose of Bengal, at the bottom of the hill, where the Madan Mohan Deities are now being worshiped.

On the side of the temple is the bhajan kutir of Sanatana Goswami. In the back of the temple is the samadhi of the Sanatana Goswami. Behind Sanatana Goswami's samadhi is a grantha samadhi, which contains some of the original manuscripts of the Goswamis.

Dwarka was Lord Krishna's capital 5000 years ago, after He left Mathura. Lord Krishna spent 100 years here. Dwarka is one of the Saptapuris, seven holy cities, of India, which include Ayodhya, Mathura, Haridwar, Kashi (Varanasi) , Ujjain, Kanchipuram, and Dwarka. It is also one of the four holy dhamas in India, the others being Rameswaram, Puri, and Badrinath.

The Dwarkadhish Deity is that of Lord Trivikrama. It is said that "Sri Krishna placed all His arts, achievements, properties, and His ownness into Lord Trivikrama".

In this greatly beautiful city of Dwarka, Lord Krishna had many residential quarters. The architectural plans were made personally byVisvakarma.

In the middle of the town is the Dwarkadhish Temple, which was built in the 16th century. Dwarkadhish is another name of Lord Krishna that means the "Lord of Dwarka". The five-story high temple is built on seventy-two pillars. The temple spire is 78.3m (235 feet) high. From the temple dome waves 84 feet long multicolored flag decorated with the symbols of the sun and moon. Lord Krishna's grandson, Vajranabha, is said to have built the original temple of Dwarkadhish.

The main Deity in this temple is Lord Dwarkadhish, who is on the center altar. There is a temple to the right of the main Deity that contains the Deity of Lord Baladevaji (Balarama), who is the older brother of Lord Krishna.