According to folklore, Jain pilgrimage Nakoda existed as the city of Veerampur before the third century AD. Virampur city was founded by Viramdutt, son of Malava Jain king and his brother Nakor Sen founded Nakor Nagar (Nakora village). Since then, the temple of the eighth Jain Tirthankar Shri Chandraprabh ji, built by Veeramdutt in Veerampur city, has been renovated several times and is in existence due to its prestige. Lasted before 909. When V.S. In 909, when the idol of twenty-fourth Jain Tirthankar Shri Mahavir Swami was installed here, Shri Mahavir Swami became the original leader of this pilgrimage. V.No. It lasted until 1223 when it was renovated.
V.No. In 1280, when the Mughal emperor Alamshah attacked this pilgrimage area, this pilgrimage was destroyed and the Jain idols here were hidden in the safe Kalidrah (Nagdrah) pond of Nakor Nagar (Nakora village near present day Sindhari) settled by Nakorsen. V.No. In 1429, the idol of Shyvarni Shri Parshvanathji was found from this pond and after it was installed in the Veerampur (Nakoda) temple, the shrine was reestablished in the name of Shri Nakoda Parshvanathji. But V.S. This pilgrimage was again destroyed due to the attack of Mughal emperor Babashah (Babijan) on 13 Vaishakh Shukla 1443.
V.No. Virampur was re-established by Rawal Vida in 1511. After the desolation of Veerampur was re-established, the idol of Shri Parshvanathji was again recovered from the Kalidrah (Nagdrah) pond as per the dream signal of the head Shri Bhairavdevji and Acharya Shri Kirtiratnasuriji in V.S. It was re-established in Virampur in 1512. After this this pilgrimage again came into light. In the latter part of the seventeenth century and the beginning of the eighteenth century, the incident of the ruling prince of the town Seth Nanagji Sankhwal (Sankhlecha) making a jhanwari to drive away the flies sitting on his horse, destroyed this pilgrimage. Nanag Seth, along with his family of more than 2700 Jain followers, settled in areas like Jaisalmer on the pretext of pilgrimage. Veerampur (Nakoda Parshvanath) was depopulated again, which despite being developed till now, was not populated.
From the latter part of the seventeenth century to the middle of the twentieth century, this Nakoda Tirtha (Virampur) fell into a dilapidated condition due to natural ravages. For the first time, after the dream indication of Nakoda President Shri Bhairavdevji, V.S. In 1958, Jain Sadhvi Shri Sundarshreeji came here and V.S. Renovation of this pilgrimage started in 1960. After being renovated, Since its consecration by Panyas Shri Himmatvijayji (Acharya Shrimadvijay Himachalsuriji) on 13th Magh Shukla in 1991, this pilgrimage has been touching the heights of development and expansion day by day. Now, due to thousands of devotees coming to visit this pilgrimage every year and the income of the pilgrimage also increasing, the pilgrimage is moving towards progress by creating new dimensions of development.
