Badoli is situated in district Chittorgarh, on the bank of river Chambal. It was formerly a thickly forested area, but with the beginning construction of Rana Pratap Sagar dam, the site became populated. Col. James Tod, the British East India Company officer and orientalist, visited the site in 1821 CE and gave a graphic account of the temples.

There are nine extant temples at Badoli . L.K.Tripathi named these temples from number one to nine. Eight of these stand in two groups; the temples Nos. 1-3 near a pond and the remaining five Nos 4-8 are within an enclosure wall built of undressed stones. The temple no. 9 stands about half a mile to the north-east of the preceding two groups. Two temples are dedicated to Vishnu, one to Ganesha, two to Mahishasurmardini and four to Shiva. These temples are situated 30 miles south- east of Kota.

The Ghateshwara Temple is trianga on plan- Garbhagriha, Antarala and Ardhamandapa. This is east facing temple without Jagati. Its Vedibandha has bhitta, khura, kumbha, Kalasa, antarapatta and Kapotpali. Antarapatta is decorated with chequers which are not found in other temples. Kapotpali has Chandrasila motifs. Jangha of this temple consist Bhadra, Pratiratha and Karna. At the top of the Jangha, looped garland frieze appears. At Pratiratha, garland is replaced by Bharani. Varandhika has two layers of Kapotapalis separated by chequer antarapatta.

The principal niche contains ten armed Gajasurasamhara murti of Shiva on the right side, ten armed Nataraja Shiva on the back and 16 armed dancing Chamunda on the left. The panchratha latina sikhara has 12 bhumis with 11 bhumi- amalakas. The Shikhara has a series of Kapotpalis which are intervened of the Karnas by 11 bhumi -amalakas. Shikhara has jala of gavaksha-dormers. Its griva is decorated with two bands, in which the lower has dropping palmettes and the upper has one garland loops enclosing betel shaped palmettes. The Shikhara is crowned by amalakas, chandrika and Kalasha with overflowing foliage and custard apple- like fruit.

The antarala base corresponds with karna of Garbhgriha, of the wall facade of pratiratha. The cornice of the ardhmandapa consists of a projecting eave resting on sloping stones supported on four armed brackets, antarapatta decorated with chess- board design and a kapotpali. The roof of the ardhmandpa has four small curvilinear shikhara form at the corners and sculptured niches and flanking half niches with crowing pediments on the sides.